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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by pvg on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @05:09AM (#23611526)
He grew up in a multilingual environment, 'his original language' is not a very specific thing. He was educated in German, his family was of a social standing in which German was essential. They also spoke a variant of Yiddish - itself a (give or take) German dialect.
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Re:Kafka: The Rescue Will Begin in Its Own Time by CaptainZapp on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:19AM (#23612875)
He was also totally fluent in Czech.

I'm glad, though, that he wrote in German. It's always nice to read authors in their original language.

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