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	Podcast:		Writers and Company from CBC Radio
	Episode:		Who was the woman Kafka loved?
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:33:51
	Publish Date:		2025-09-14 09:10:00
	Description:		Milena Jesenská was a courageous journalist, translator and resister of the Nazi regime. So why do most people only know her as Franz Kafka’s lover? Milena was one of the great loves of Kafka’s life, and his letters to her are immortalized in the book Letters to Milena. But that story remains unfinished … because Milena’s responses have never been found. That’s where writer Christine Estima steps in. In her debut novel, Letters to Kafka, Christine tells Milena’s story and gives voice to a woman often overshadowed in history. Liked this conversation? Keep listening: Leslie Jamison: Capturing Peggy Guggenheim in fiction and honouring a friend's dream Emma Donoghue boards a train destined for disaster Check out Mattea’s interview on Gays Reading: gaysreading.com
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