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[German Version] (Aug 3, 1883, Prague – Jun 3, 1924, Kierling near Vienna). The son of Hermann Kafka and Julie Kafka ( née Löwy), Franz Kafka grew up in a middle-class Prague family of assimilated Jews; his father's shop sold fashion accessories. He studied law at the Charles University in Prague, graduating in 1906. His earliest extant writings date from this period – letters describing his first job with the insurance firm Assicurazioni Generali in 1908, then his employment with the Workers' Accident Insurance Inst…

[German Version] (Oct 18 or 10, 1777, Frankfurt an der Oder – Nov 21, 1811, Wannsee near Berlin). Kleist, from an old Pomeranian noble family, joined the army at an early age (1792) in keeping with family tradition. From 1798, he also studied mathematics and philosophy in Potsdam. Growing distance from the military brought Kleist to tender his resignation in 1799. In April of the same year, he enrolled at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder in the disciplines of physics, mathematics, history o…