The Franz Kafka Society is proud to announce that the 17th laureate of the prestigious Franz Kafka Prize is the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood.
On Monday, May 22, 2017 at its annual meeting at the headquarters of the Franz Kafka Society in Prague, the international jury selected a new laureate of the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize for the...
The Italian writer Claudio Magris, the author of the famous book Danube, translated into 25 languages, was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in the Old Town Hall of Prague on
We are sorry to announce that niece of Franz Kafka, daughter of his loved sister Ottla Mrs. Věra Saudková passed away on 3rd August 2015. She used to be a member of the Franz Kafka Society since its establishing and worked as a redactor for Lidové noviny and publishing house Odeon and Svoboda.
On Monday, 1 June 2015, at its meeting at the headquarters of the Franz Kafka Society, the international expert jury selected the fifteenth laureate of the literary Franz Kafka Prize, namely the Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943). One of the most respected and translated contemporary Spanish writers is very honoured to be awarded the...
Dear members of the Franz Kafka Society,
The FKS committee meeting on 20 October discussed, in the presence of a lawyer and a registrar, amendments to the Articles of Association arising from the transformation of the FKS from a civic association to a registered association.
The new Articles will be discussed at the constitutive general meeting in February 2015. In connection...
The Chinese Writer Yan Lianke Will be Awarded the Franz Kafka Prize
On 22 October 2014 in the Old Town Hall on Old Town Square in Prague, the Franz Kafka Prize for 2014 will be awarded to the Chinese writer Yan Lianke. The international jury selected him at its meeting in Prague...
