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Franz Kafka

Born

in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, Czech Republic

July 03, 1883

Died

June 03, 1924

Genre

Fiction, Philosophy, Short Stories

Influences

Franz Werfel, Knut Hamsun, Robert Walser, Anton Chekhov, Søren Kierkeg ...more

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Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as " The Metamorphosis " (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.

Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.

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

Despite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of ...more

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Franz Kafka’s books

Average rating: 3.91 · 2,278,532 ratings · 129,077 reviews · 3,170 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,406,141 ratings — published 1915 — 137 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 391,495 ratings — published 1925 — 2910 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Castle 3.91 avg rating — 74,892 ratings — published 1926 — 979 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter to His Father by Franz Kafka, Ernst Kaiser (Translator), Gerda Meijerink (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 60,422 ratings — published 1919 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Penal Colony 3.92 avg rating — 32,564 ratings — published 1918 — 517 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amerika by Franz Kafka, Willa Muir (Translator), Edwin Muir (Translator), Klaus Mann (Preface), E.L. Doctorow (Foreword) 3.74 avg rating — 34,133 ratings — published 1927 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka, John Updike (Foreword), Nahum N. Glatzer (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 28,397 ratings — published 1970 — 181 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka, Philip Boehm (translator), Aarno Peromies (Translator), Milena Jesenská (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 24,545 ratings — published 1952 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Helen Vlcnovska (Illustrator), Kevin Blahut (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 23,078 ratings — published 1924 — 209 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka, Anne Rice (Foreword), Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Willa Muir (Translator), Edwin Muir (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 20,878 ratings — published 1915 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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February 2018 New School Poll

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, 260 pages, 1979

58 votes, 17.1%

The Castle by Franz Kafka, 316 pages, 1926

50 votes, 14.7%

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 439 pages, 1946

44 votes, 13.0%

Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières, 437 pages, 1994

35 votes, 10.3%

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious, 384 pages, 1956

20 votes, 5.9%

The Wreath (book one of Kristin Lavransdatter) by Sigrid Undset, 305 pages, 1920

18 votes, 5.3%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941

16 votes, 4.7%

The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington, 276 pages, 1918

16 votes, 4.7%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 127 pages, 1923

15 votes, 4.4%

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, 405 pages, 1991

15 votes, 4.4%

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, 256 pages, 1952

14 votes, 4.1%

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, 417 pages, 1915

11 votes, 3.2%

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 530 pages, 1987

10 votes, 2.9%

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, 216 pages, 1940

8 votes, 2.4%

Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 453 pages, 1932

8 votes, 2.4%

Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller, 357 pages, 1933

1 vote, 0.3%

339 total votes

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