Posted on 02/26/2011 3:09:53 PM PST by decimon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Writings by Franz Kafka and his friend Max Brod which have been hidden away for decades have been brought to light at an Israeli court and could reveal more on the life of one of the 20th century's greatest authors.
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Kafka's "The Trial," "The Castle" and "Amerika" were published after his death when Brod, his close friend and biographer, ignored the writer's dying wish to burn all unpublished work.
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Scholars say Hoffe defied Brod's wishes to make his archive available to researchers, putting the papers out of reach. In 1988 she reportedly made millions by auctioning the manuscript of The Trial, which ended up at the German Literature Archive.
Hoffe died in 2007 at age 101, bequeathing the remaining papers to her daughters who hope to sell some. But Israel's National Library contests the will, claiming all of Brod's estate and Kafka as a cultural asset of the Jewish people.
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Failure of the will ping.
pretty arrogant all around
Occasionally lucrative.
http://www.kafka-franz.com/kafka-Biography.htm
Jack Sprat.
Kafka-esk.
Woody Allen makes Kafka references in at least three scripts — “Annie Hall”, “Stardust Memories”, and “Deconstructing Harry”. And if I think a bit more, there may be some more. :’)
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