Germany
Guest of the book fair Svět knihy Praha 2024
The German literary scholar and writer prepared the exhibition Kafka’s Bride in 1999, based on the estate of Felice Bauer, Franz Kafka’s fiancée. Stach then wrote Kafka’s three-part biography. The third part, entitled Kafka: the Early Years, was shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2015 and won the Bavarian Book Prize. In 2016, he was awarded the Joseph Breitbach Prize for his outstanding work in literary biography. Together with the publishing house S. Fischer Verlag, he conceived the world’s most visited Kafkaesque website franzkafka.de. He is currently advising the ARD broadcaste on a television series about Franz Kafka. The three-volume biography of Kafka has been published in Czech translation by Argo.
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Book World Prague 2024
16:00 - 16:50
Das Buch, Svět knihy
Czech, German
Franz Kafka is regarded as an author whose work is nothing to laugh at. But even in his books you can find hilarious moments. Kafka's biographer, Reiner Stach,...
Thursday, 23. 5. 2024
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