Franz Kafka







Franz Kafka

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born
December 13, 1901

died
June 03, 1924

gender
male

place of birth
Prague, Czech Republic

genre
Literature & Fiction

influences
Franz Werfel and Max Brod


about this author

Correct date of birth - 3 July 1883

Franz Kafka has come to be one of the most influential writers of this century. Virtually unknown during his lifetime, the works of Kafka have since been recognized as symbolizing modern man's anxiety-ridden and grotesque alienation in an unintelligible, hostile, or indifferent world. Kafka came from a middle-class Jewish family and grew up in the shadow of his domineering shopkeeper father, who impressed Kafka as an awesome patriarch. The feeling of impotence, even in his rebellion, was a syndrome that became a pervasive theme in his fiction.
Kafka lived his life in emotional dependence on his parents, whom he both loved and resented. None of his largely unhappy love affairs could wean...more




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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 3.74 — 20,204 ratings — published 1915
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The Trial The Trial
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 4.00 — 5,803 ratings — published 1925
181 editions
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The Complete Stories The Complete Stories
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 4.40 — 2,523 ratings — published 1971
6 editions
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The Castle The Castle
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 3.92 — 2,119 ratings — published 1926
73 editions
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The Metamorphosis and Other St... The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 3.94 — 1,761 ratings — published 1995
32 editions
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The Metamorphosis, In The Pena... The Metamorphosis, In The Penal Colony, and Other Stories
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 4.04 — 1,159 ratings — published 1988
5 editions
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Amerika Amerika
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 3.63 — 1,240 ratings — published 1927
59 editions
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A Hunger Artist A Hunger Artist
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 4.15 — 715 ratings — published 1996
5 editions
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The Penal Colony The Penal Colony
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 4.07 — 488 ratings — published 1948
18 editions
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Diaries of Franz Kafka Diaries of Franz Kafka (Schocken Classics Series)
by Franz Kafka
avg rating 4.22 — 249 ratings — published 1948
33 editions
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"A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us."
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"A First Sign of the Beginning of Understanding is the Wish to Die."
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"Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."
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