Who are the biggest influences in your life?
The first person who had a crucial impact on my life was the writer, Franz Kafka. When I read his first book, “The Trial,” I was so fascinated by his captivating writing style, also called “Kafkaesque.” This urged me to dive deeper into the literature movements in which he is classified. These are Realism, Expressionism, and Existentialism. In other words, Franz Kafka is the writer who ignited my massive love for literature, not just reading literature, but analyzing it in the context of philosophy.
The other influence on me wasn’t exactly a person at first, but more a book. Ok, someone wrote the book; this writer didn’t have the same extensive impact on me as Kafka did. The title of the book is: 1984 by George Orwell. When I finished reading this book, it was the first time that the idea of starting to write crossed my mind. I didn’t start writing immediately; it took me a few more years, since I had to endure more hardships, until I fully awakened and stepped onto the path to becoming a writer.
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