Author, Poet & Novelist Posters & Prints: “Ka...-”
for the literature, language arts and social studies classrooms, home schoolers, and scholars.

Franz Kafka
b. 7-3-1883; Prague
d. 6-3-1924

Franz Kafka, one of the most important and influential fiction writers of the early 20th century, though his genius was not recognized until after his death.

Franz Kafka quotes ~
• “Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
• “By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.”
• “From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”

• The Complete Stories, Franz Kafka

Erik Axel Karlfeldt
b. 7-20-1864; Karlbo, Dalarna, Sweden
d. 4-8-1931; Stockholm

Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt was awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature - posthumously - he had refused the award in 1918.

Karlfeldt studied at Uppsala University and held positions of teacher and librarian at several places.

Patrick Kavanagh
b. 10-21-1904; Inniskeen, County Monaghan, Ireland
d. 11-30-1967; Dublin

Author Patrick Kavanagh is regarded as one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, best known for Raglan Road and The Great Hunger, and the novel Tarry Flynn portraying accounts of the everyday and commonplace of Irish life.

Patrick Kavanagh quotes ~
• “Malice is only another name for mediocrity.”
• “What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.”
• “A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.”

Yasunari Kawabata
b. 6-14-1899; Osaka, Japan
d. 4-16-1972; Kamakura, Kanagawa

Short story writer and novelist Yasunari Kawabata was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind”. He was the first Japanese author to receive the award.

Yasunari Kawabata quote ~
• “Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.”

Kazantzakis: Politics of the Spirit, Volume 1

Nikos Kazantzakis
b. 2-18-1883; Heraklion, Crete
d. 10-26-1957; Freiburg, Germany

Nikos Kazantzakis is considered by some the most important Greek writer and philosopher of the 20th century. He considered his epic poem of 33,333 verses, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, to be his most important work; among his most famous novels are Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ.

Nikos Kazantzakis quotes ~
• “I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.”
• “Everything in this world has a hidden meaning.”
• “My entire sould is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry.”
• “Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.”