Who should claim him, Germany or the Czech Republic? What about

>>8308714
The country in which you had your formative years.

>>8308714
Israel

>claiming authors
Nobody fucking cares

>>8308714
language you wrote in = literary tradition that claims you

after that, I'd agree with >>8308845
in the sense that whichever country impacted your development more gets the credit.

I claim DFW
- American

Kafka is very much a product of the jewish ghetto in Prague he grew up in.

Do you guys ever imagine what would've happened if Kafka had went through the Holocaust? Imagine a work of Kafka dealing with the Holocaust

>>8308845
wrong.

the place who opened its doors and gave the writer some space to develop his writing is the one who has the biggest right.

>>8308972
No.

>>8308970
>tfw his whole family died in it

I'm thankful he passed when he did and never faced that

>>8309007
>>8308970
it would've been fiction about fiction.

>>8308714
The Czech Republic should claim him and Germany should claim the Czech Republic.

Didn't you get the news? The author is dead, the text and the language in which it is written is the only thing that matters.

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>>8309055
wtf I hate death now

>>8309039
So the Secret Miracle and Deutsches Requiem then.

>>8309007

Jesus Christ, imagine how much more bleak Kafka's stories would be if he survived the holocaust.