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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 · 2,229,708 ratings · 124,232 reviews · 3,162 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,375,225 ratings — published 1915 — 1510 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 — 384,553 ratings — published 1925 — 100 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 — 73,625 ratings — published 1926 — 28 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 — 57,967 ratings — published 1919 — 33 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 — 33,680 ratings — published 1927 — 24 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 — 31,891 ratings — published 1918 — 514 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 — 28,235 ratings — published 1911 — 10 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 — 23,696 ratings — published 1952 — 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
	A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Helen Vlcnovska (Illustrator), Kevin Blahut (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 22,582 ratings — published 1924 — 207 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 — 20,743 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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October 2017 New School Classic Poll

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, 182 pgs, 1959

54 votes, 18.0%

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, 471 pgs, 1940

45 votes, 15.0%

The Trial by Franz Kafka, 255 pgs, 1925

43 votes, 14.3%

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 448 pg, 1969

38 votes, 12.7%

It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, 400 pg, 1935

26 votes, 8.7%

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, 329 pg, 1916

22 votes, 7.3%

Howards End by E.M. Forster, 246 pgs, 1910

18 votes, 6.0%

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, 127 pages, 1923

15 votes, 5.0%

Possession by A.S. Byatt, 555 pgs, 1990

14 votes, 4.7%

Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym, 186 pages, 1977

11 votes, 3.7%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 367 pgs, 1984 & 1993

7 votes, 2.3%

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay, 189 pgs, 1967

7 votes, 2.3%

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