Suitcase of journalist Milena Jesenská discovered after decades acquired by Prague museum

Name: Suitcase of journalist Milena Jesenská discovered after decades acquired by Prague museum
Uploaded: 2026-03-13T13:56:20+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Prague’s Museum of Czech Literature has acquired a suitcase that once belonged to writer, journalist and translator Milena Jesenská, a close friend and translator of Franz Kafka. The item was preserved by the family of a fellow prisoner who shared a cell with her. Milena Jesenská is often remembered for her relationship with Franz Kafka,

Photo: Petr Kotyk

Prague’s Museum of Czech Literature has acquired a suitcase that once belonged to writer, journalist and translator Milena Jesenská, a close friend and translator of Franz Kafka. The item was preserved by the family of a fellow prisoner who shared a cell with her.

Milena Jesenská is often remembered for her relationship with Franz Kafka, but she was also one of the leading figures of Czechoslovakia’s interwar journalism.

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Author: Ruth Fraňková