Franz Kafka

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German-language writer human modernist writer novelist short story writer writer

Franz Kafka was a 20th-century Bohemian novelist and short-story writer whose surreal, existential works like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Trial" profoundly shaped modern literature.

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Haruki Murakami 1
Kafka 1

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instanceOf German-language writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
modernist writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
burialPlace New Jewish Cemetery in Prague ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
citizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfCitizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfDeath Austria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1883-07-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1924-06-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Charles University in Prague ⓘ
surface form: Charles University
employer Workers' Accident Insurance Institute for the Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Franz Kafka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kafka
father Hermann Kafka ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
fullName Franz Kafka self-link ⓘ
genre absurdist fiction ⓘ
existential literature ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
givenName Franz ⓘ
hasCanonicalNameAdjective Kafkaesque ⓘ
hasLiteraryStyle absurd ⓘ
existential ⓘ
surreal ⓘ
influenced Albert Camus ⓘ
Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
Haruki Murakami ⓘ
Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ
Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Samuel Beckett ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Czech ⓘ
German ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
mother Julie Kafka ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableWork A Hunger Artist ⓘ
Amerika ⓘ
Description of a Struggle ⓘ
In the Penal Colony ⓘ
Letter to His Father ⓘ
The Castle ⓘ
The Judgment ⓘ
The Metamorphosis ⓘ
The Trial ⓘ
occupation insurance officer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bohemia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Bohemia

Prague ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kierling ⓘ
Lower Austria ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Prague ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Gabriele Kafka ⓘ
Ottla Kafka ⓘ
Valerie Kafka ⓘ
workPeriod 20th century ⓘ
writingLanguage German ⓘ

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The Judgment → author → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Franz Kafka → familyName → Franz Kafka self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kafka
Franz Kafka → fullName → Franz Kafka self-link ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche → influenced → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Fyodor Dostoevsky → influenced → Franz Kafka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haruki Murakami
Knut Hamsun → influenced → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Nikolai Gogol → influenced → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Italo Calvino → influencedBy → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Jonathan Franzen → influencedBy → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Jorge Luis Borges → influencedBy → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Walter Benjamin → influencedBy → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Franz Kafka Prize → namedAfter → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Modernism → notableFigure → Franz Kafka ⓘ
Czech Jews → notableHistoricFigure → Franz Kafka ⓘ