), ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Neue ▁Wiener ▁Tag blatt ▁( “ New ▁Vienna ▁Daily ▁Fly er ” ) ▁and ▁the ▁O ester reich ische ▁Volks zeit ung ▁( “ A ust rian ▁Popular ▁New sp aper ” ). ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 0 6 – 1 9 0 7 , ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁director ▁with ▁Max ▁Rein hardt ▁at ▁the ▁German ▁Theater ▁() ▁in ▁Berlin , ▁and ▁starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁D ram atur g ▁with ▁the ▁Vienna ▁Burg the ater . ▁ ▁Sp okes man ▁for ▁the ▁literary ▁group ▁Young ▁Vienna , ▁B ahr ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁avant - gar de , ▁producing ▁both ▁criticism ▁and ▁Im pression ist ▁plays . ▁B ahr ' s ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁coffee house ▁liter ati ▁made ▁him ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁targets ▁of ▁Karl ▁Kra us ' s ▁sat ir ical ▁journal ▁Die ▁F ack el ▁( The ▁Tor ch ) ▁after ▁Kra us ' s ▁falling ▁out ▁with ▁the ▁group . ▁ ▁B ahr ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁critic ▁to ▁apply ▁the ▁label ▁modern ism ▁to ▁literary ▁works , ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁observer ▁of ▁the ▁Expression ism ▁movement . ▁His ▁theoretical ▁papers ▁were ▁important ▁in ▁the ▁definition ▁of ▁new ▁literary ▁categories . ▁His ▁ 4 0 ▁plays ▁and ▁around ▁ 1 0 ▁nov els ▁never ▁reached ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁his ▁theoretical ▁work . ▁ ▁He ▁died , ▁aged ▁ 7 0 , ▁in ▁Mun ich . ▁ ▁Selected ▁fiction