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Selected Biographies AuthorYearTitleGustav Gross1885Karl Marx: Eine StudieWilliam Liebknecht1896Karl Marx, Biographical MemoirsPaul Lafargue1905My Recollections of Karl MarxVarious1908Karl Marx: In memoriamJonathan Spargo1910Karl Marx: his life and workClara Zetkin1913Karl Marx und Sein LebenswerkFranz Mehring1918Karl Marx: The story of his lifeOtto Ruhle1926Karl Marx: Leben und WerkDavid Riazanov1927Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: an introduction to their lives and worksInstitute of Marxism-Leninism of the Central Committee of the CPSUKarl Marx: a biographyE. H. Carr1934Karl Marx: A study in fanaticismBoris Nicolaevsky1936Karl Marx: Man and FighterKarl Korsch1938Karl MarxIsaiah Berlin1939Karl Marx: His Life and EnvironmentLeopold Schwarzschild1947The Red Prussian: the life and legend of
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| Author | Year | Title |
| Gustav Gross | 1885 | Karl Marx: Eine Studie |
| William Liebknecht | 1896 | Karl Marx, Biographical Memoirs |
| Paul Lafargue | 1905 | My Recollections of Karl Marx |
| Various | 1908 | Karl Marx: In memoriam |
| Jonathan Spargo | 1910 | Karl Marx: his life and work |
| Clara Zetkin | 1913 | Karl Marx und Sein Lebenswerk |
| Franz Mehring | 1918 | Karl Marx: The story of his life |
| Otto Ruhle | 1926 | Karl Marx: Leben und Werk |
| David Riazanov | 1927 | Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: an introduction to their lives and works |
| Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the Central Committee of the CPSU | Karl Marx: a biography | |
| E. H. Carr | 1934 | Karl Marx: A study in fanaticism |
| Boris Nicolaevsky | 1936 | Karl Marx: Man and Fighter |
| Karl Korsch | 1938 | Karl Marx |
| Isaiah Berlin | 1939 | Karl Marx: His Life and Environment |
| Leopold Schwarzschild | 1947 | The Red Prussian: the life and legend of Karl Marx |
| David McLellan | 1973 | Karl Marx: a biography |
| Fritz J. Raddatz | 1975 | Karl Marx: Eine politische biographie |
| Francis Wheen | 1999 | Karl Marx: A life |
| Jonathan Sperber | 2013 | Karl Marx: A nineteenth century life |
| Gareth Stedman Jones | 2016 | Karl Marx: greatness and illusion |
| Michael Heinrich | 2018 | Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society (1st of 3 volumes.) |
Karl Marx was a great man. In other words, he had a huge impact on the world. Many, as seen above, have written biographies. I try to give the original year of publication. I am inconsistent about whether or not I translate the title.
Early biographies tend to be memoirs, based on recollections and oral stories, with little documentation. Later, biographies tend to be more intellectual histories. I have read the Mehring biography and the Lafarge memoir. Most of what I have read about his life were in studies of his thought, that are not included above. Examples include Shlomo Avineri, Ernest Mandel, and Takahisi Oishi. Some around the mid twentieth century focus on being pro or against the Soviet Union. The last couple of decades have seen academic works with lots of documentation.
References- Lenin. 1915. Karl Marx. Collected Works, V. 21
- Segrillo, Angelo. 2019. Two centuries of Karl Marx biographies. LEA Working Paper, No. 4.