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Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was a German-language writer from Prague. Kafka may also refer to: * Kafka (surname) * ''Kafka'' (film), a 1991 film by Steven Soderbergh * Franz Kafka Prize, also referred as Kafka Prize * Franz Kafka Society, a non-profit organisation established in 1990 to celebrate the heritage of German Language literature in Prague * 3412 Kafka, an asteroid * Apache Kafka, an open source Apache Software Foundation project that variously supports message brokering and data storage * Anti-fascist research group Kafka, a Dutch anti-fascist and far-left research group * Kafka, a character in ''Amphetamine'' * Kafka Tamura, main character in '' Kafka on the Shore'' by Haruki Murakami * Kafka Hibino, main character in the manga ''Kaiju No. 8'' by Naoya Matsumoto * '' Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature'', a 1975 book by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari See also * Margit Kaffka Margit Kaffka (10 June 1880 – 1 December 1918) was a Hungarian writer and poet. Called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers. It has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include the short story "The Metamorphosis" and novels ''The Trial'' and '' The Castle''. The term ''Kafkaesque'' has entered English to describe absurd situations, like those depicted in his writing. Kafka was born into a middle-class German-speaking Czech Jewish family in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today the capital of the Czech Republic. He trained as a lawyer and after completing his legal education was employed full-ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
