Editing Franz Kafka (section)

=== Drawings ===

[[File:Franz Kafka - Der Denker.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Der Denker, by Franz Kafka]]

Kafka drew and sketched extensively. His interest in art grew from 1901 to 1906. He "practiced drawing, took drawing classes, attended art history lectures, and sought to establish a connection to Prague's artistic circles".{{sfn|Granta|1992}} According to Max Brod, Kafka "was even more indifferent, or perhaps better, more hostile to his drawings than he was to his literary production".{{sfn|Granta|1992}} As he did with his writings, Kafka asked in his testament for his drawings to be destroyed.{{sfn|Testament|1999}} Brod preserved all of Kafka's drawings that Kafka gave him or that he could rescue from the wastebasket or otherwise, but "[a]nything that I didn't rescue was destroyed".{{sfn|Granta|1992}} Until May 2021, only about 40 of his drawings were known.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sawicki |first1=Nicholas |title=Kafka, the Artist |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/kafka-the-artist/ |website=Los Angeles Review of Books |date=29 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Schmid|first=Franziska |title=Trove of Kafka's drawings reveals his 'cheerful side' |url=https://www.futurity.org/franz-kafka-drawings-2671862-2/ |website=Futurity |date=16 December 2021}}</ref> In 2022, [[Yale University Press]] published ''Franz Kafka: The Drawings''.<ref>''Franz Kafka: The Drawings'', edited by Andreas Kilcher, in collaboration with Pavel Schmidt ; with essays by Judith Butler and Andreas Kilcher; translations from the German by Kurt Beals. [https://www.nybooks.com/online/2022/07/19/kafkas-inkblots/ Review]</ref> The book brought to light about 150 sketches by Kafka.{{sfn|Wolfe|2022}}