''A Hunger Artist'' (german: Ein Hungerkünstler) is the collection of four short stories by

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 ...

published in Germany in 1924, the last collection that Kafka himself prepared for publication. Kafka was able to correct the proofs during his final illness but the book was published by ''

Verlag Die Schmiede ''Verlag Die Schmiede'' was an avant-garde literature publishing house in the 1920s in Berlin. It published works by Franz Kafka, Alfred Döblin, Joseph Roth, Rudolf Leonhard, and many more. Most of its dust jackets were designed by George Salte ...

'' several months after his death. The English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by

Schocken Books Schocken Books is a book publishing imprint of Penguin Random House that specializes in Jewish literary works. Originally established in 1931 by Salman Schocken as Schocken Verlag in Berlin, the company later moved to Palestine and then the Uni ...

in 1948 in the collection '' The Penal Colony''. All individual stories in the collection have also been translated before by various translators.

* "Erstes Leid" ("

First Sorrow "First Sorrow" (German: "Erstes Leid") is a short story by Franz Kafka. It was probably written between the fall of 1921 and the spring of 1922. It appeared in Kurt Wolff Verlag's art periodical ''Genius, III'' no. 2 (dated 1921, published in 19 ...

") * "Eine kleine Frau" ("

A Little Woman "A Little Woman" (German: "Eine kleine Frau") is a short story by Franz Kafka written between December 1923 and the end of January 1924. It was first published in the Easter supplement of ''Prager Tagblatt'' on 20 April 1924. During his final ill ...

") * "Ein Hungerkünstler" ("

A Hunger Artist "A Hunger Artist" (German: "Ein Hungerkünstler") is a short story by Franz Kafka first published in '' Die neue Rundschau'' in 1922. The story was also included in the collection ''A Hunger Artist'' (''Ein Hungerkünstler''), the last book Kaf ...

") * "Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse" ( Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk")

References

* 1924 short story collections Books published posthumously Short story collections by Franz Kafka Schocken Books books {{1920s-story-collection-stub

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