The Journalism of Milena Jesenská: A Critical Voice in Interwar Central Europe

by Kathleen Hayes

Milena Jesensk , born in Prague in 1896, is most famous as one of Franz Kafka's great loves. Although their relationship lasted only a short time, it won the attention of the literary world with the 1952 publication of Kafka's letters to Milena. Her own letters did not survive. Later biographies showed her as a fascinating personality in her own right. In the Czech Republic, she is remembered as one of the most prominent journalists of the interwar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571815600
• ISBN13: 9781571815606
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"