As literature nerds awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, they found themselves transformed into the probable recipients of a trove of Franz Kafka’s writing. This was no dream. Comparing the ...

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Castle with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Castle by Franz Kafka, which tells the story ...

On March 26 in the Barker Center, admirers of Franz Kafka and enthusiasts of literary translation gathered for a roundtable discussion with award-winning translator Mark Harman. A distinguished figure ...

EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Oscar nominated Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland is in the running for an Academy Award once again with biopic Franz exploring the life of enigmatic Czech writer Franz Kafka, ...

As biopic subjects go, Franz Kafka is resistant to standard-issue treatment on a number of levels — beginning with the fact that his life, short and largely uncelebrated in its time, wasn’t especially ...

The best thing a biographer of Franz Kafka can do is bring the famed author back to earth. Not as regards his reputation, which is justifiably lofty. But to humanize Kafka and save him from our ...

July 3 would have marked Franz Kafka’s 139th birthday. To this day, the literary legend’s name rings so ubiquitous that we use it as an adjective. He still has a few thrills in store. This spring, ...

The biopic is the vulgar but necessary tribute inherently populist cinema pays to more traditional, higher-brow art. Scholars and snobs might sneer at these films, and especially the way they love to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Cohen Media Group has acquired North American rights to Franz, the biopic of literary icon Franz Kafka by three-time Oscar nominated Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland ( In Darkness ).

Former President Vaclav Havel has won the prestigious Franz Kafka Prize. An international jury that included prominent German literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki and British publisher John Calder ...