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Monument to Franz Kafka unveiled in Prague

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20031204
Author:KAREL JANICEK, Associated Press Writer

KAREL JANICEK, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-04-2003
Dateline: PRAGUE, Czech Republic
The city of Prague paid tribute to its most renowned literary son on Thursday, unveiling a monument to Franz Kafka.

The 3.75 meter (12.30 feet) tall bronze sculpture, a walking headless figure with Kafka sitting on the shoulders, was created by a Czech artist Jaroslav Rona. The sculpture was inspired by Kafka's work, especially the novel "Description of a Struggle."

The monument was erected in a tiny park between the Spanish Synagogue and the Church of the Holy Spirit, on the border of Prague's ...

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