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SUMMARY:Kafka’s last Unknown: The Story and Character of his Drawings  Presentation by Prof. Dr. Andreas Kilcher\, Zurich (Switzerland)
DESCRIPTION:Locked away for decades following also a history of persecution\, the drawings of the iconic 20th-century writer Franz Kafka remained one of the final unknowns of his work. In 2021\, the literary scholar Andreas Kilcher brought them to light.\nImage above: Franz Kafka\, Drawing of a whip-wielding jockey on a horse vaulting over an obstacle. Photograph: Ardon Bar-Hama. Max Brod Archive. The National Library of Israel \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HEREFranz Kafka\, Drawing of a male figure\, entitled “The Dancer” by Kafka’s executor Max Brod. Photograph: Ardon Bar-Hama. Max Brod Archive. The National Library of Israel \n\nFranz Kafka\, A Beggar and a Generous Elegant Man\, 1906. Photograph: Ardon Bar-Hama. Max Brod Archive. The National Library of Israel \n\nThe year 2021 brought a sensational discovery: hundreds of drawings by Franz Kafka that had been kept under lock and key for decades were made accessible. Although Kafka is renowned for his written work\, his drawings are evidence of what his literary executor\, Max Brod\, termed his ‘double talent’. Irresistible and full of fascinating figures\, shifting from the realistic to the fantastic\, the grotesque\, the uncanny\, and the carnivalesque\, they illuminate a previously unknown side of the quintessential modernist author. \nFour new and fascinating stories can be told in relation to Kafka’s drawings: the story of their transmission\, the story of Kafka’s engagement with the visual arts\, the story of Kafka as a draftsman\, and the story of his drawing practice in the context of his writing\, which implies a complex aesthetic question: How are these drawings to be understood in their own right\, yet at the same time as connected to his writing? \n\nFranz Kafka\, The Wantonness of Wealth\, ca. 1905. Photograph: Ardon Bar-Hama. Max Brod Archive. The National Library of Israel \nFranz Kafka\, Drawing showing a figure in full run. Photograph: Ardon Bar-Hama. Max Brod Archive. The National Library of Israel \n\nAndreas Kilcher is Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. He has been a visiting Professor at Princeton University\, Stanford University\, UC Davis\, and Tel Aviv University. His main areas of research are the relationship between literature and knowledge; Jewish literature and culture; and Kabbalah and esotericism. He has published a wide range of monographs\, edited volumes\, articles\, dictionary entries\, and reviews in these areas. Kilcher’s book on Franz Kafka’s drawings has been translated into more than ten languages and appeared on several bestseller lists. His most recent book\, Kafkas Werkstatt: Der Schriftsteller bei der Arbeit (Kafka’s Workshop: The Writer at Work)\, has also appeared on bestseller lists. He is currently working on a book about Doctor Faustus. \nThis event is part of the online series “Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression.” \n\n\n\n\n\nFranz Kafka. The Drawings was edited By Andreas Kilcher and published by Yale University Press in 2022. \n\nYOU CAN BUY THE BOOK HERE\nPlease donate generously to make programs like this possible. Thank you. \n\nThe Fritz Ascher Society is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. Your donation is fully tax deductible. \nDONATE HERE
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