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Kafka was born near the Old Town Square in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.His family were German-speaking middle-class Ashkenazi Jews.His father, Hermann Kafka (1854–1931), was the fourth child of Jakob Kafka, [8] [9] a shochet or ritual slaughterer in Osek, a Czech village with a large Jewish population located near Strakonice in southern Bohemia. [10]
John Ernst Steinbeck (/ ˈ s t aɪ n b ɛ k / STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer.He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". [2]
Biden dominated core Democratic constituencies in New York City, winning 76% of the city's vote. [61] Statewide, Biden won 94% of Black voters and 76% of Latino voters. [61] Biden won the upstate of New York (excluding New York City's results), albeit by a much smaller 52.4% to 45.9% margin, or 2,923,127 votes to Trump's 2,561,315.
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor, singer and television director and producer. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards (1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973).
Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis.Originally published locally as Jon in 1976 (later changed to Garfield in 1977), then in nationwide syndication from 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, and their owner Jon Arbuckle.
The Graduate is a 1967 American independent [6] romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols [7] and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, [8] based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College.
Blue's Clues is an American interactive educational children's television series created by Traci Paige Johnson, Todd Kessler, and Angela C. Santomero.It premiered on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block on September 8, 1996, [2] and concluded its run on August 6, 2006, [1] with a total of six seasons and 143 episodes.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou.The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma.