The author Franz Kafka famously demanded that his papers be burned after his death, but his friend and literary executor Max Brod refuse to do it.

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The house in which Franz Kafka was born in 1883 was situated on the northeast corner of the square next to the Church of St Nicholas.

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It was also a regular haunt for members of the so-called Prague Circle of German-speaking writers, most notably the angst-ridden Franz Kafka.

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There will also be an opera by Philip Glass, based on Franz Kafka's The Trial, part of ROH's focus on making new work "the core of what we are".

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And, during the address, he referenced author Franz Kafka's "An Imperial Message, " a story in which a king on his deathbed whispers a message to a subject, makes the subject repeat it, and then sends him on his way.

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During Friday's liturgy, the papal preacher, Capuchin friar Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, delivered a homily citing Franz Kafka's An Imperial Message to emphasise the of difficulty of getting the important message of Christ to the worldly.

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Gradually, he decided to strive to produce a Jewish art, depicting in paint the fear and dislocation that his idol, Franz Kafka, had encapsulated in words.

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To clarify, let me provide an example from Franz Kafka's classic novella "The Metamorphosis, " the subject of countless interpretations.

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Describing the actual chain of events that followed would have challenged Franz Kafka in his prime.

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Only Franz Kafka could do a write-up of this suit justice, but the SCOTUSblog has a nice backgrounder.

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