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Franz Kafka's Prague: The City of Kafka
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  • rexvaughan
  • Updated By rexvaughan on November 28, 2005
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    Museum entrance
    by rexvaughan, 1 more photos
    Kafka is certainly one of Prague?s more famous sons, so it seemed appropriate that there is a museum dedicated to his life and work focused on Prague. As Kafka is a variation from the norm, so is the museum. For starters there is the unusual rotating statue urinating in a pool in front of the entrance. The inside is divided into two sections, ?Existential Space? and ?Imaginary Topography.? The museum has an impressive colledction of his drawings, photographs, manuscripts, letters, and diaries as well as first editions of all Kafka?s works. There are also 3-D installations and audiovisuals with soundtrack created for this exhibit. It is one of the more creative museums I have seen as it does seem to give you some of the ?existential? feel for Kafka and his city. There are lots of things related to Kafka in Prague, including his home and the building where his father?s clothing business was located. I recommend this museum to give you good intro to his life.

    Open daily 10:00-18:00. Admission 240 Kc

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  • Address: Hergetova Chhelna, Cihelna 2b, Prague 1
  • Phone: 0420 221 451 333
  • Directions: Just south of Metro Malostranska.
  • Website: http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/
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    Franz Kafka's Prague: Kafkacity
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  • chbuchie
  • Updated By chbuchie on November 16, 2005
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    by chbuchie, 3 more photos
    Not only in the library and bookshops but also all around Prague will you find trailmarks of one of the biggest writer of the past century

    Next to one of the synagogues in the Jewish quarter a large statue of Franz was erect , depicting one of his characters.
    In the beginning of the Golden Lane you'll find the house of Kafka, well actually he just stayed a few months here with his sister, but it sells
    The house is installed like a museum, with artefacts, costumes and weapons of the middle-ages. In the back end you can even shoot some crossbow.

    Frans Kafka was a Czech-born German-speaking writer who only became famous posthumously with his novels expressing the alienation of 20th century man, more precisely dehumanization, bureaucratic labyrinths, and totalitarian society . Kafkaesque characters are trademarks of his writing. His health issues added other issues like fear of physical and mental collapse in his stories.
    Kafka admitted in Letter to His Father (1919) : "My writing was all about you; all I did there, after all, was to bemoan what I could not bemoan upon your breast. It was an intentionally long-drawn-out leave-taking from you."
    The Castle and The Trial ( or lack of trial as he describes so well) remain his 2 most famous novels.
    In 1924 Kafka died of TBC.

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    Franz Kafka's Prague: Franz Kafka Statue
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  • By nicolaitan on October 8, 2006
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  • Franz Kafka's Prague - Prague
    by nicolaitan
    Located immediately next to the Spanish Synagogue, this statue was unveiled in December 2003, the work of sculptor Jaroslav Rona. It is based on an early work describing one man walking through the streets of Prague on the shoulders of another. In this statue, the upper figure is Kafka himself with his trademark Homburg hat. The figure below has, obviously, no head and perhaps is a suit without a body - meant to charactize the beaurocracy Kafka disliked so much.

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    Franz Kafka's Prague: Franz Kafka Monument
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  • Updated By ceswho on August 18, 2004
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  • Franz Kafka Monument - Prague
    Franz Kafka Monument
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    Franz Kafka (1883-1924), the author of two of the most influential novels of the 20th century, the Trial and The Castle, Kafka spent most of his short life at the Old town. From 1893-1901 he studied in the Golz-Kinsky Palace where his father later has a shop. He worked as an insurance clerk, but frequented a literary salon in At the Golden Unicorn on Old Town Square, along with others who wrote in Geman. Hardly any of his work was published in his lifetime.

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  • Directions: The Monument is found at the Jewish Quarters.
  • Website: http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/
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    Franz Kafka's Prague: Franz Kafka in the Golden Lane
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  • By globetrott on September 6, 2003
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  • Kafka's house in the Golden Lane in Prague - Prague
    Kafka's house in the Golden
    Lane in Prague
    by globetrott
    In house Nr. 22 Franz Kafka lived for a short period and also wrote parts of his works.
    A small inscription on the right shows his name.

    You may walk the Golden Lane freely and without entrance fee after 04.00 p.m., BUT all the shops will be closed then, and so you may see the buildings only from outside.

    On the other hand, you are able to take pics with an almost empty street.

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  • Directions: Inside the castle in the Golden Lane
  • Website: http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/
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    Franz Kafka's Prague: Kafka statue
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  • Updated By Flamegirl on June 11, 2004
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  • Kafka Statue, Prague - Prague
    Kafka Statue, Prague
    by Flamegirl
    This statue is inspired by the works of Franz Kafka, one of Prague's most famous residents. If you look at the ground you might make out the legs of an insect, which recalls his short story "Die Verwandlung", and I believe the man sitting on a faceless body represents the struggle with bureaucracy.

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  • Directions: The statue is in front of the Spanish Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter.
  • Website: http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/
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    Franz Kafka's Prague: My favorite adjective: "Kafkaesque"
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  • Updated By ExGuyParis on July 10, 2005
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  • Did Kafka  consider himself Kafkaesque? - Prague
    Did Kafka consider himself
    Kafkaesque?
    by ExGuyParis
    One of Prague's famous citizens, noted author, and the source of my favorite adjective is Franz Kafka.

    Kafkaesque:

    1. Of or relating to Franz Kafka or his writings. 2. Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger: “Kafkaesque fantasies of the impassive interrogation, the false trial, the confiscated passport . . . haunt his innocence.” (New Yorker).
    --The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000

    Prague is a Kafkaesque city. You can visit a number of houses that Franz Kafka lived in.

    Watch out for cockroaches.

    Kafka is burried in the New Jewish Cemetery.

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  • Directions: For serious Kafka pilgrims, consult the following website, which gives rich information plus a series of Kafkaesque walking tours in Prague.
  • Website: http://www.nysoclib.org/travels/kafka.html
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    Franz Kafka's Prague: Franz Kafka Exposition
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  • By Imbi on January 5, 2003
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  • Franz Kafka's Prague - Prague
    by Imbi
    Pragues most famous citizen was born here in 1883. Kafkas short life was almost entirely spent in the Old Town, and his novels and stories - although never referring to the city by name - are steeped in its atmosphere.
    The exhibition consists of texts and photographs based on the authors life. A small gift shop specializes in Kafka-related items.
    Admission: 20 Kc

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  • Address: Namesti Franze Kafky, 3
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    Franz Kafka's Prague: Wax Museum.
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  • By maxovna on September 12, 2002
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  • Franz Kafka's Prague - Prague
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    Wax Museum.
    I have special liking for wax museums, and visit them everywhere I go, because I ger acquaited with national celebrities. Here you can see figures of Frans Kafka, Martina Navratilova, Karel Gott, Mozart and other world famous people.

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  • Address: Ostrovni 5, 110 00 Praha 1.
  • Other Contact: tel: 25075551
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    Franz Kafka's Prague: Daliborka: Statue
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  • By Cristian_Uluru on April 21, 2007
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    The Statue
    by Cristian_Uluru
    In front of the tower Dalibor you can see a statue that represents one of the characters of Kafka: the skull and crossbones above a man.

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  • Address: Prague Castle
  • Website: http://www.franzkafka-soc.cz/
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