Maïa Hruska's prize-winning book Dix versions de Kafka asks what happens to a writer's work when it is translated, especially when his name is Franz Kafka.

Detailed Description

Date: Friday 13th June, 5pm

Location: Room 2 Taylor Institution, Oxford

In the mid-1920s, ten writers brought his works to life outside the language and place where he had conceived them, saving them from the oblivion to which authoritarian regimes had condemned them. Exploring how Kafka became Kafka, these stories of translation are also stories of discovery, censorship, political struggle, and liberation. Join post-doctoral research fellow Ian Ellison in conversation with author Maïa Hruska at the Taylor Institution, followed by audience Q&A and drinks reception.

An AHRC-funded Kafka's Transformative Communities project event, in collaboration with Oxford Comparative Critical Translation (OCCT) and the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA).

(Please email kafka@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk as soon as possible if you have mobility/access needs)

For further details visit Ten versions of Kafka | Kafka’s Transformative Communities