To mark the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka's death, the German-Czech Future Fund is supporting cross-border projects that deal with the life and work of the German-Jewish writer.
Interested parties from Germany and the Czech Republic can apply for funding until the end of this month, a spokeswoman said in Prague on Monday.
Not only literary events are possible, but also school and youth encounters, exhibitions, music or theatre performances, workshops and interactive projects. The projects must be realized by the end of the year.
The German-Czech Future Fund was founded in 1997 to contribute to cross-border understanding. It is jointly financed by the governments of Germany and the Czech Republic.
Numerous projects have already been authorized. The University of Wuppertal and the Prague Academy of Sciences are organizing a three-day academic conference on Kafka's relationship to modernity.
Under the motto "Kafka goes on holiday," secondary school pupils from Teplice and Bremerhaven will visit places related to the writer's life and work.
The German-Czech cabaret "Das Thema" has prepared a performance entitled "Kafka has left the building," which can be seen at Prague's Theatre on the Balustrade (Divadlo na Zabradli) on June 6.
Another project aims to present Kafka's life and work to the general public in fifteen lectures in Prague coffee houses.
A Kafka festival with discussions, readings, music, theatre and film is taking place in Frydlant in northern Bohemia.
Born in Prague, Franz Kafka died of tuberculosis in Kierling near Vienna on June 3, 1924.
With his novel fragments "The Trial," "The Castle" and "The Man Who Disappeared" as well as his stories, the German-Jewish writer created works that are undisputedly part of world literature today.
