Who is Franz Kafka? Few writers have been interpreted so much, and yet remain as mysterious as Kafka. Tonight, Arnon Grunberg and Vivian Liska will discuss his life and work.
This year is the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s passing. Works like The Trial, The Castle and The Metamorphosis have in the years after his death become cornerstones of modern western literature. Together with professor in German literature Vivian Liska, Arnon Grunberg will discuss the life and work of Franz Kafka. What is the relevance of Kafka’s work to contemporary readers? And how does Kafka’s literature relate to his Jewish identity?
About Vivian Liska
Vivian Liska is professor emeritus of German literature and director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp. In 2022 she was Max Kade Visiting Professor at Yale University and is currently Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Faculty of the Humanities at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has published extensively on literary theory, German modernism, and German-Jewish authors and thinkers. In 2009 she published the book When Kafka says we about Franz Kafka’s complex relationship to Jews and to communities in general.
About Grunberg Meets
Arnon Grunberg Meets is a series of conversations in De Balie in which Arnon Grunberg speaks with prominent thinkers, writers, artists, and politicians. Grunberg previously spoke with Marlene Dumas, Zadie Smith, Tomas Sedlacek, Ulrich Seidl, Deborah Feldman, and Damiaan Denys.
Speakers
Programmamaker Veronica Baas gaat met balletdanser Timothy van Poucke in gesprek.
Timothy van Poucke behoort als balletdanser tot de absolute wereldtop. Hij is op dit moment de enige Nederlandse eerste solist bij het Nationale Ballet en wordt geloofd om zijn enorme charisma en zijn indrukwekkende toneelpersoonlijkheid.
In samenwerking met deBuren
Precies één jaar na de verkiezingen kijken we hoe Nederland ervoor staat.
De documentaire Het eind dat niemand keren kan (1992) over Jacob Israël de Haan is lang kwijt geweest, maar recentelijk gevonden in de archieven van Beeld & Geluid.
