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Apr.05.2011 Kafka's Manuscriptes Destined For The World? Yes, there are a number of factual errors in this article, but the general premise I can agree with. Plus, I look upon it as positive that Kafka is being written about in Turkey. Kafka keeps proving to be a universal author. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Starting Point: Franz Kafka...	Apr.04.2011 Typewriters May As Well Be From The Gutenberg Age Yes, I once had a typewriter - well, two, actually. The first was a hefty multi-pounder Remington Steele which, if you became frustrated and attempted to throw it across the room, would not have gone very far. There would, in fact, be more of a chance that you would drop it and break both feet. It...
Mar.11.2011 Kafka Papers Circle A Kafkaesque Drain Battle for Kafka legacy drags onFight to preserve, cash in on writer's heritage continues By Jack Buehrer Courtesy Photo Kafka requested on his deathbed that Brod burn his manuscripts. Brod refused. The story of how Franz Kafka went from an obscure Prague office clerk to one of the world's most...	Mar.04.2011 Where Does Kafka Belong? There really is no doubt that Kafka considered himself an author of the German language. He also considered himself as a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire - and when that disappeared, of the national entity which replaced it. His heritage and ancestry he considered to be Jewish. Whether Kafka...
Feb.28.2011 It Seems Kafka's Manuscripts Have Been Shown In Court It sounds as if the stash of Kafka material, plus that of his friend Brod, have actually been exposed in a courtroom in Israel. Whether I'm ever going to see them is another matter. Again, Brod is accused of not following Kafka's wishes to destroy his remaining papers. This is true but lacks the...	Feb.26.2011 Archives Come In Out Of The Cold John le Carre donates archive to Bodleian Library By Katherine Sellgren The archive includes this image of Le Carre with Alec Guinness during filming of one of his works The novelist John le Carre has donated his literary archive to Oxford University's Bodleian Library. Le Carre, 79...
Feb.22.2011 Get Paid Whilst You Garner Plots No royal wedding invite? Get a job at the palace Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding invite. -- PHOTO: AFP LONDON - IF YOU were not lucky enough to be one of the 1,900 people invited to Prince William's upcoming wedding, then fear not: you could always get a job making coffee for the...	Jan.23.2011 What Will Be The Literary Archive Of Present Day And Beyond? Most of my manuscripts are hand-written on alternate lines on both sides of the page. They are packed in boxes in a basement. There are also one or two typed (and copied) manuscripts per novel. Scribbled notes and vague outlines and research I might forget are also in the binders. Oh - yes - and...
Jan.09.2011 The Concept Of Copyright Might Become Moot Copyright comes a cropper in the digital age Public-domain campaigners have the holy grail of publishing in their sights by Robert McCrum Gatz at the Public Theatre in New York. Photograph: Joan Marcus/AP The big stage hit in America last year was a novel, "the most remarkable achievement in...	Jan.08.2011 It Should Be Remembered That Kafka Was A Lawyer (And A Good One) The case of the other K. The latest twist in the ongoing legal battle over Franz Kafka's estate: secret negotiations involving its sale - possibly abroad. By Ofer Aderet When the Tel Aviv District Court convicted former President Moshe Katsav of rape last week, another court, not far away...

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