Milena Jesenská is known around the world primarily through Franz Kafka's letters to her. Milena Jesenská | Photo: repro 'Milena Jesenská'; Alena Wagnerová, ArgoMilena Jesenská was born in Prague in 1896. It was her work as a translator that brought her into contact with Franz Kafka. Kafka found in Milena someone who truly understood him, while Milena found a man who could articulate her thoughts with remarkable precision. A legacy that crossed bordersAfter the war, “Letters to Milena” came out, and the world came to know her as the woman who had understood Franz Kafka.