Franz Kafka

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Franz Kafka

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born
in Prague, Czech Republic
July 03, 1883

died
June 03, 1924

genre

influences


About this author

Franz Kafka (German pronunciation: [ˈfʀants ˈkafka]) was one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Bohemia (presently the Czech Republic), Austria–Hungary. His unique body of writing—much of which is incomplete and which was mainly published posthumously—is considered to be among the most influential in Western literature.

His stories include The Metamorphosis (1912) and In the Penal Colony (1914), while his novels are The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).

Kafka learned German as his first language, but he was also fluent in Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of French language and culture; one of his favorite authors was Flaubert.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 312,295 ratings · 8,660 reviews · 397 distinct works · Similar authors
The Metamorphosis
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 162,530 ratings — published 1915 — 475 editions
The Trial
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3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 64,988 ratings — published 1925 — 426 editions
The Complete Stories
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4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 11,669 ratings — published 1970 — 62 editions
The Metamorphosis and Other...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 13,772 ratings — published 1915 — 109 editions
The Castle
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 10,608 ratings — published 1926 — 200 editions
The Metamorphosis, in the P...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 6,619 ratings — published 2000
Amerika
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7,518 ratings — published 1927 — 119 editions
In The Penal Colony
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 3,969 ratings — published 1914 — 42 editions
A Hunger Artist
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 3,570 ratings — published 1924 — 25 editions
Letter to My Father
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 2,769 ratings — published 1919 — 77 editions
More books by Franz Kafka…
“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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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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