I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
I’ve never heard of him, but I’ll check him out. I really love Kafka, so that connection is enough for me!
This reminds me of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)too—another early admirer of Kafka. Benjamin, a Jewish Marxist, was in a city that was about to be taken over by the Nazis. They were so close that he and many other inhabitants killed themselves. I think it was the next day that the Allies attacked the oncoming Nazis and saved the city from their takeover.
That’s a very apt comparison. I read a fair whack of Benjamin at University and ended up getting a tattoo of Le Flâneur by Paul Gavarni after reading some of his stuff as a kind of trbute to him and Baudelaire.
I’d love to see a picture of it
Schulz is far more dour if you can believe that.
TIL that about benjamin. damn!