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Franz Kafka Letters To Favorite Sister Sold To Oxford And German Literary Archive

First Posted: 04/05/11 08:43 AM ET Updated: 06/05/11 06:12 AM ET

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The Guardian:

More than 100 letters and postcards sent by Franz Kafka to his favourite sister Ottla have been jointly purchased by Oxford's Bodleian library and a rival institution in Germany.

The acquisition amounts to something of a first as they were bought in partnership with a direct competitor, the Deutsches Literaturarchiv (German Literary Archive) in Marbach -- an unprecedented collaboration which Bodley's librarian Sarah Thomas hopes will become a model for the future.

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More than 100 letters and postcards sent by Franz Kafka to his favourite sister Ottla have been jointly purchased by Oxford's Bodleian library and a rival institution in Germany. The acquisition am...
More than 100 letters and postcards sent by Franz Kafka to his favourite sister Ottla have been jointly purchased by Oxford's Bodleian library and a rival institution in Germany. The acquisition am...
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05:07 PM on 04/05/2011
most Kafkaesque.. j/k
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