Franz Kafka


Born
in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, Czech Republic
July 03, 1883

Died
June 03, 1924

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Influences


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
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The Metamorphosis

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The Trial

3.96 avg rating — 305,024 ratings — published 1925 — 59 editions
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The Castle

3.94 avg rating — 59,430 ratings — published 1926 — 441 editions
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The Metamorphosis and Other...

4.04 avg rating — 53,292 ratings — published 1915 — 346 editions
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Letter to His Father

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The Complete Stories

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Amerika

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In the Penal Colony

3.95 avg rating — 23,940 ratings — published 1918 — 676 editions
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The Metamorphosis, In the P...

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4.08 avg rating — 19,013 ratings — published 1915 — 38 editions
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A Hunger Artist

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4.11 avg rating — 17,049 ratings — published 1924 — 203 editions
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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
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“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
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