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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


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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Average rating: 3.91 · 2,031,621 ratings · 104,130 reviews · 3,154 distinct works • Similar authors
The Metamorphosis
3.89 avg rating — 1,250,457 ratings — published 1915 — 3269 editions
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The Trial
3.95 avg rating — 357,687 ratings — published 1925 — 2668 editions
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The Castle
3.93 avg rating — 68,538 ratings — published 1926 — 248 editions
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Letter to His Father
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4.03 avg rating — 47,130 ratings — published 1919 — 473 editions
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Amerika
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3.74 avg rating — 31,787 ratings — published 1927 — 588 editions
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The Complete Stories
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4.34 avg rating — 26,534 ratings — published 1946 — 71 editions
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In the Penal Colony
3.93 avg rating — 29,073 ratings — published 1918 — 481 editions
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A Hunger Artist
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4.10 avg rating — 20,558 ratings — published 1924 — 180 editions
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4.09 avg rating — 20,134 ratings — published 1915 — 35 editions
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Letters to Milena
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3.91 avg rating — 20,054 ratings — published 1952 — 176 editions
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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.”
― Franz Kafka
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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
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“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
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