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1. Franz Kafka

   Person · 1883-07-03–1924-06-03 · Jurist, Librettist, Lyriker · Prag · 9 sources

   (1883–1924), writer. A Jewish writer who was born and lived most of his life in Prague, Franz Kafka was one of the most important contributors to European modernist prose. All of his surviving fiction was composed in Ger…

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2. Franz Werfel

   Person · 1890-09-10–1945-08-26 · Librettist, Lyriker, Musiker · Prag · 9 sources

   (1890–1945), writer. Son of a prosperous Jewish glove manufacturer, Franz Werfel was brought up in Prague, where he was friendly with Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Willy Haas, and other members of the Prague Circle. He initiall…

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3. Max Brod

   Person · 1884-05-27–1968-12-20 · Author, Beamter, Composer · Prag · 9 sources

   (1884–1968), writer and critic. Born into an assimilated German-speaking family in multiethnic, late-Habsburg Prague, Max Brod went through an ideological transformation in his youth from German liberal and Jewish assimi…

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4. Adolf Hoffmeister

   Person · 1902-08-15–1973-07-24 · Author, Bühnenbildner, Dramaturg · Prag · 5 sources

   tschechischer Maler, Karikaturist, Illustrator, Bühnenbildner, Schriftsteller, Dramaturg, Übersetzer, Journalist, Radiokommentator, Kunstprofessor, Kunstkritiker, Politiker, Diplomat, Kulturfunktionär und ein weltgewa…

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5. Julius Zeyer

   Person · 1841-04-26–1901-01-29 · Dramaturg, Librettist, Schriftsteller · Prag · 5 sources

   (1841–1901), Czech poet, dramatist, and novelist. Julius Zeyer’s father was a wealthy lumber merchant descended from Alsatian aristocracy; his mother came from a Jewish family in Prague, although she raised her children …

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