The three important and famous Jewish authors taken for this study are Franz Kafka, Elie Wiesel and Naomi Ragen. Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is a Jewish writer from Prague and the oldest surviving child of Jewish parents Herman and Julie. He studied law and from 1908 until his death, hde was employed as a legal clerk in a Prague Insurance institute. Much of his life is incorporated in his works, in particularly his feeling of being a stranger in Prague- separated from the Czechs by his German tongue and from the Germans by his race and religion; then there was his dissatisfaction with his job and the fear of his father who failed to understand the sensitive Kafka and bullied him. He was never able to appreciate his son’s talents. The strained relationship between
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His works fuses elements of realism and typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible social- bureaucratic powers, and interprets as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt and absurdity.
Elie wiesel was Born on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Romania. He was a Nobel-Prize winning writer, teacher and activist. He pursued Jewish religious studies before his family was forced into Nazi death camps during WWII. He was fifteen years old when his family was deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz where he and his father survived, but later his father died in the camp shortly after it was liberated He is known for his memoir Night, in which he recounted his experiences surviving the Holocaust which has been translated into many languages. It is said to be the most empowering and thought provoking novel ever created. He was the chairman of the United States holocaust memorial council. Since 1976 he had been a professor of the humanities at the Boston University. He is the author of a number of books including, A Beggar
His works fuses elements of realism and typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible social- bureaucratic powers, and interprets as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt and absurdity.
Elie wiesel was Born on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Romania. He was a Nobel-Prize winning writer, teacher and activist. He pursued Jewish religious studies before his family was forced into Nazi death camps during WWII. He was fifteen years old when his family was deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz where he and his father survived, but later his father died in the camp shortly after it was liberated He is known for his memoir Night, in which he recounted his experiences surviving the Holocaust which has been translated into many languages. It is said to be the most empowering and thought provoking novel ever created. He was the chairman of the United States holocaust memorial council. Since 1976 he had been a professor of the humanities at the Boston University. He is the author of a number of books including, A Beggar