Franz Kafka
3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924
Born to middle-class German-speaking Jewish parents in Prague, Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Most of his work was unfinished at his death and published – against his wishes – posthumously.
He attended meetings of the Klub Mladých, a Czech anarchist, anti-militarist, anti-clerical organisation. A school associate, Hugo Bergmann, commented he fell out with Kafka around the time he became a Zionist and Kafka became a socialist.
His writing style was so unique the term ‘Kafkaesque’ was coined meaning metaphysical, absurd and bewildering.
Famous books include: The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle. A master of writing, Kafka was equally influential on film – in the works of Fellini for example.
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