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Date: 20061030
Author:MICHAL CIZEK

MICHAL CIZEK
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10-30-2006

Japanese writer Haruki Murakami (R) shakes hands with Kurt Krolop, German professor of literature and director of Franz Kafka Society, as he receives the Franz Kafka Award for 2006, 30 October 2006 in Prague. Murakami, 57, has been inspired by the works of this Prague-born German-Jewish writer since his youth, he told reporters. He said that people's souls and hearts are so broad that they are able to share a lot in common despite cultural differences. After the studies of theatre theory, Murakami operated a jazz club in Tokyo and he started to write ...

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