Current Affairs Franz Kafka Society lauds Japanese writer Murakami

31-10-2006 14:19 | Emily Udell

Haruki Murakami—perhaps the greatest living Japanese author—is currently here in the Czech capital. The main purpose of his visit is to collect the annual Franz Kafka award - which is perhaps appropriate, given that Murakami's own work bears the influence of Kafka, one of the greatest Prague-born writers of all time. Emily Udell reports.

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