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Lecture | “Daylight at the Exit”: Women Translating Kafka

What does it mean for Kafka’s work that the first translations were by women? Join Michelle Woods as she examines this question in a lecture on Milena Jesenská and Willa Muir, and their roles in establishing Kafka as a globally influential writer. For years, both women have been misread and misrepresented: one idealized as Kafka’s lover, the other faulted for the limitations of Kafka’s translations. Woods challenges these characterizations, recentering the lives of these brilliant women in the story of Kafka and discussing their feminist impact on modern perceptions of his works.











When: Fri., Mar. 14, 2025 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Ave.
212-685-0008
Price: Free
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What does it mean for Kafka’s work that the first translations were by women? Join Michelle Woods as she examines this question in a lecture on Milena Jesenská and Willa Muir, and their roles in establishing Kafka as a globally influential writer. For years, both women have been misread and misrepresented: one idealized as Kafka’s lover, the other faulted for the limitations of Kafka’s translations. Woods challenges these characterizations, recentering the lives of these brilliant women in the story of Kafka and discussing their feminist impact on modern perceptions of his works.

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