Franz Kafka

Biography

Czech-German writer of Jewish origin.

Born July 3, 1883 in Prague (Bohemia, former Austro-Hungarian Empire, today Czech Republic), died June 3, 1924 in Kierling (Austria).

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Country: Austria
Gender: Male
Education: Karl-Ferdinands-Universität·Charles University
Place of birth: Prague
Birth date: 03 July 1883
Nationality: Austrian

His two brothers died as infants in the late 1880s and his three sisters were murdered in the Holocaust.
He died of tuberculosis which had moved up to his larynx and robbed him of the ability to speak in his last days.
He dreamed of emigrating to Palestine and becoming an artisan/carpenter; later, he contemplated moving to Tel Aviv and opening up a Jewish restaurant with his friend Dora Diamant where she would cook and he would serve as the waiter.
Worked at an Insurance company.
Considered one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.
None of his work was published in his lifetime and was only found after his death.
Instructed his friend Max Brod to burn all his work after his death. Max Brod decided to publish it instead.
Kafka has described the US Statue of Liberty as holding a sword, when it is in fact a torch.

Women are traps which lie in wait for men everywhere, in order to drag,them down into the Finite.
A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
"this is the sort of person sitting in,judgment over me. ",[Trial] How are we to avoid those in office becoming deeply corrupt when,everything is devoid of meaning?
[The Country Doctor] "Do you know," I hear someone saying in my ear, "my,confidence in you is very small. You were shaken out from somewhere.
A writer who does not write is a monster courting insanity.
[Trial] Someone must have been telling stories about Joseph K, because,one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.
Evil is whatever distracts.
All revolutions evaporate leaving only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
The Meaning of Life is that it stops.
What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense. . .

Books

Description of a Struggle
Franz 1883-1924 Kafka
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Franz Franz Kafka
Metamorfosis
Franz Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Franz Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Franz Franz Kafka
Trial by Franz Kafka
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Trial
Franz Franz Kafka
Trial by Franz Kafka
Franz Franz Kafka
El libro de hambre
Franz Kafka
El escritor es un artista del hambre, debe desaparecer para escribir.
Trial Illustrated
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis Annotated
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis Annotated
Franz Kafka
Trial Illustrated
Franz Kafka
In the Penal Colony Annotated
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Illustrated
Franz Kafka
Metamorfosis
Franz Kafka
Trial Annotated
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
He
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Trial Annotated
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Metamorfosis
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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Aphorisms of Franz Kafka
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Diaries of Franz Kafka
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Trial Illustrated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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He
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Prozeß - (Deutsche Ausgabe)-(Illustriert)
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Trial Annotated
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Trial by Franz Kafka(illustrated Edition)
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis
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Trial Annotated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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Aphorisms of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis Annotated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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In the Penal Colony
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis Annotated
Franz Kafka
Trial Annotated
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis Annotated (Dover Thrift Edition)
Franz Kafka
Trial Annotated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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Metamorphosis Illustrated
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In the Penal Colony
Franz Kafka
Metamorphosis Illustrated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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Metamorphosis Illustrated
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Metamorphosis
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Metamorfosis
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Trial Illustrated
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Metamorphosis Illustrated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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Metamorphosis Annotated
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Metamorphosis Illustrated
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Trial
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Trial Annotated
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Trial Annotated
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Brief an Den Vater (illustriert)
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External links

en.wikipedia.org

franzkafka.de

kafkamuseum.cz

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