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Franz Kafka is one of the best-known German-language authors in the world, even though he has been dead for 100 years. So why is he still so popular today? Born in Prague in 1883, Franz Kafka ...
“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” Thus begins the most well known novella of the twentieth century, Die Verwandlung ...
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Kafka and Mahler: A missed harmony
The author is a music critic and the director of the classic music brand Poongwoldang. On Sep. 19, 1908, the world premiere of Mahler’s "Symphony No. 7" took place in Prague. Among the audience ...