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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 · 2,091,636 ratings · 110,195 reviews · 3,223 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Metamorphosis 3.89 avg rating — 1,289,195 ratings — published 1915 — 1523 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 3.95 avg rating — 366,099 ratings — published 1925 — 2864 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 — 70,031 ratings — published 1926 — 968 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 — 50,124 ratings — published 1919 — 6 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 — 32,370 ratings — published 1927 — 656 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 — 27,788 ratings — published 1911 — 180 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 — 29,921 ratings — published 1918 — 144 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) 4.10 avg rating — 21,102 ratings — published 1924 — 202 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 — 20,316 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
	Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka, Philip Boehm (translator), Aarno Peromies (Translator), Milena Jesenská (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 21,143 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

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April 2016 Monthly Short Story Poll

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, 98 pages, 1915

38 votes, 23.8%

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, 122 pages, 1851

32 votes, 20.0%

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, 112 pages, 1594

28 votes, 17.5%

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, 96 pages, 1922

21 votes, 13.1%

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 108 pages, 1872

10 votes, 6.3%

King Leopold's Soliloquy by Mark Twain, 95 pages, 1905

8 votes, 5.0%

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, 138 pages, 1927

7 votes, 4.4%

Everyday Use by Alice Walker, Title Story 16 pages, 1973

6 votes, 3.8%

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, 36 pages, 1890

6 votes, 3.8%

Reunion A single short story as found in The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever, 3 pages, 1978

2 votes, 1.3%

The Upper Berth by Francis Marion Crawford, 48 pages, 1846

2 votes, 1.3%

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