The Committee of the Franz Kafka Society, the jury of the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize and the staff of the Franz Kafka Centre are deeply saddened by the loss of Josef Čermák. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this difficult time. May God give them the comfort and peace that they seek and may the soul of their loved one rest in peace. We lost a...
The Franz Kafka Society is proud to announce that the 19th International Literary Franz Kafka Award Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 from 5 p.m. in the Old Town Hall in Prague.
The Franz Kafka Society is proud to present two articles by David Langwallner, inspired by his tenure as visiting professor in Prague and his deep interest in modern Czech literature and culture (by special arrangement with the author).
They were published in The Village (June 2017) and Cassandra Voices (October 2019), respectively.
Tuesday September 10, 2019, 5 PM, Komorní kino Evald, Národní 28, 111 21, Prague 1
Franz Kafka’s classic novel reset in contemporary Tokyo. Q&A with Director John Williams and film publicist Antonín Tesař after the screening. A darkly comic mystery meets absurdist satire of Japanese bureaucracy. Kafka’s novel is perhaps more valid today than it ever...
The Franz Kafka Society is proud to announce that the 19th laureate of the prestigious Franz Kafka Prize is the French writer Pierre Michon.
On Monday, June 10, 2019, at its annual meeting at the seat of the Franz Kafka Society in Prague, the international jury selected a new laureate of the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize for the year 2019, the...
