 Andrić also admired the Slovene poets Fran Levstik, Josip Murn and Oton Župančič, and translated some of their works.Kafka appears to have had a significant influence on Andrić's prose, and his philosophical outlook was informed strongly by the works of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.At one point in his youth, Andrić even took an interest in Chinese and Japanese literature.