Japanese writer Haruki Murakami wins Kafka award (AFP)

PRAGUE (AFP) - The Japanese author Haruki Murakami received the Czech Republic's foremost literary award, the Franz Kafka Prize, in Prague. Murakami travelled to the Czech capital with his wife, Yoko, for the first time to pick up the award, which commemorates the 20th century Bohemian author of Jewish origin whose most famous works include "The Castle," "The Metamorphosis," and "The Trail." "I really appreciate this Franz Kafka international literary award, maybe because Franz Kafka is one of ...