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1883 – 1924 · Prague
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka wrote alone, at night, and left us a word for a dread we all recognize.
Born Prague
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Franz Kafka was born in Prague in 1883, into a German-speaking Jewish family. His father, Hermann Kafka, was a loud and self-made shopkeeper who loomed over his shy and watchful son. That difficult bond runs through much of Kafka's work, where fathers and faceless powers hold impossible authority.
Books on the Atlas
- The Metamorphosis 1915
- The Trial 1925
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