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Publishing a book is often a cathartic experience for writers. It allows them to share their deepest and most heartfelt thoughts with the world. It's a

For Franz Kafka, writing was a strange way of thinking and being in the world.

The job of a translator is both difficult and one of great responsibility. An author can be utterly . . . .

"Benjamin says the ambiguity of Kafka’s prose make translating his work difficult in general. But translating Kafka’s diaries proved especially tricky...."

The Johanna Spyri and Heidi archives in Zurich have been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register. The decision by the Executive Board of UNESCO acknowledges the collections' universal importance. The University of Zurich will be working with both institutions to promote the academic study of the collections.

National Library uncovers letter by author Stefan Zweig to Max Brod in which he warns of the intention to burn books and requests to document the event so that the whole world will be horrified by what is happening in Nazi Germany

As a species, we’re collectively hopeless at looking after things. Over the few thousand years of human civilization, we’ve managed to misplace treasure,

When the 'Metamorphosis' author died his friend Max Brod published his journals - cutting the parts he thought too personal. Now they're complete thanks to translator Ross Benjamin

The artist is the one who transfers absolutely everything, to the point of having no return or identification with the work they set in motion.

In "Bruno Schulz," Benjamin Balint explores the complicated legacy of a virtuosic artist murdered by the Nazis.