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The Broadview
The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview
The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview
Franz Kafka’s passport photo was taken in Prague between 1915 and 1916. Born into a middle-class, Jewish family, Kafka began work at the Workers Insurance Company around the time of the photograph, a change that complicated the extent of his creative career and contributed to the complexity and melancholy nature that often characterizes depictions of the famed author.

Bound to Kafka

Sophina Duong, Reporter • November 11, 2025

Due to his impact on modern literature and the brute realism of his work, Franz Kafka was honored through the Franz Kafka Exhibition in The Morgan Library & Museum in Nov. 2024. As the calendar approaches...

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