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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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Average rating: 3.91 · 2,201,811 ratings · 121,446 reviews · 3,032 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,358,369 ratings — published 1915 — 5893 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 — 380,399 ratings — published 1925 — 13 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 3.92 avg rating — 72,880 ratings — published 1926 — 461 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) 4.04 avg rating — 56,495 ratings — published 1919 — 105 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 — 33,429 ratings — published 1927 — 142 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 3.93 avg rating — 31,496 ratings — published 1918 — 111 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 — 28,147 ratings — published 1911 — 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
	A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Helen Vlcnovska (Illustrator), Kevin Blahut (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 22,285 ratings — published 1924 — 63 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 — 23,211 ratings — published 1952 — 251 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 — 20,676 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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