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Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Bohemian Jewish novelist and short story writer born in 1883 in Prague. He came from a middle-class family, was well-educated and received a law degree, but worked an insurance job he disliked. He had difficult relationships and never married. Kafka struggled with illnesses throughout his life and died of tuberculosis in 1924. He was influenced by writers like Kleist and in turn influenced magical realism and existentialist literature. However, most of his writing was unpublished during his life and was saved from being destroyed by his friend Max Brod.

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FRANZ KAFKA BORN: July 3, 1883 DECEASED: June 3, 1924
FAMILY - Son of Hermann and Julie Kafka - Middle-class German-speaking Jewish family - Eldest of six children - Two younger brothers (died in infancy) - Three younger sisters (died in concentration camps) - Father independent retailer of fancy goods/accessories - Mother well- educated, managed father’s business - Father described is tyrannical, abusive
CHILDHOOD & EDUCATION - Born in Prague, capital of modern day Czech Republic - Children by governesses & servants - Attended Deutschule in Prague, 1889 – 1893 - Sent to German schools, social advancement - Following secondary school, attended Charles Ferdinand University - Chemistry to Law - Met Max Brod, lifelong friend - Obtained degree of Doctor of Law, 1906
Eng 102 franz kafka 6 pm
ADULTHOOD - 1907 – 1908 Brief employment in Italian insurance - Quit due to heavy schedule - 1908 – 1922 Worker’s Accident Insurance for the Kingdom of Bohemia, “bread job” - Retired due to ill health - Introduced to Felice Bauer by Max Brod - Moves to Berlin in 1923 with Dora Diamant, a teacher
Eng 102 franz kafka 6 pm
RELIGION - Father stifled Jewish heritage - Speculated as a Zionist - Influenced by late lover Dora Diamant - Talmud
SICKNESS, HOMECOMING, D EATH - Diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1917 - After retirement, supported by family and sister, Ottla - Clinical depression, social anxiety, migraines, insomnia, constiption, boils, etc. - Naturopathic treatments - Returned to Prague as TB worsened - Went to Dr. Hoffman sanatorium - Died on June 3, 1924 of starvation - Buried in
Eng 102 franz kafka 6 pm
KAFKA’S WORK Max Brod - Published few short stories in his lifetime - The Judgement - The Metamorphosis - In the Penal Colony - A Hunger Artist - Never finished a novel - Burned 90 percent of work (with Diamant) - Left everything to Brod to be burned - Most work published posthumously, including The Trail and Amerika - Gestapo confiscated 20 notebooks 35 letters, still unfound - Brod’s secretary
KAFKAESQUE - Strange settings and situations - Confused protagonists overwhelmed by seedy, illogical characters - Often absurd, bizarre, metaphysical, and existential - Influenced by writer von Kleist - Has influenced writers and artists such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez (magical realism), Camus, Sartre, Orson Welles, David Lynch, and Tom Waits
HONOR AND LEGACY - Never received any awards - Franz Kafka Museum in Prague - Franz Kafka Prize in Prague
http://www.egs.edu/library/franz-kafka/biography/ http://www.themodernword.com/kafka/kafka_biography.html http://www.biography.com/people/franz-kafka-9359401 http://www.kafka.org/index.php?biography http://www.kafka-online.info/franz-kafka-biography.htm SOURCES

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Eng 102 franz kafka 6 pm

  • 1. FRANZ KAFKA BORN: July 3, 1883 DECEASED: June 3, 1924
  • 2. FAMILY - Son of Hermann and Julie Kafka - Middle-class German-speaking Jewish family - Eldest of six children - Two younger brothers (died in infancy) - Three younger sisters (died in concentration camps) - Father independent retailer of fancy goods/accessories - Mother well- educated, managed father’s business - Father described is tyrannical, abusive
  • 3. CHILDHOOD & EDUCATION - Born in Prague, capital of modern day Czech Republic - Children by governesses & servants - Attended Deutschule in Prague, 1889 – 1893 - Sent to German schools, social advancement - Following secondary school, attended Charles Ferdinand University - Chemistry to Law - Met Max Brod, lifelong friend - Obtained degree of Doctor of Law, 1906
  • 5. ADULTHOOD - 1907 – 1908 Brief employment in Italian insurance - Quit due to heavy schedule - 1908 – 1922 Worker’s Accident Insurance for the Kingdom of Bohemia, “bread job” - Retired due to ill health - Introduced to Felice Bauer by Max Brod - Moves to Berlin in 1923 with Dora Diamant, a teacher
  • 7. RELIGION - Father stifled Jewish heritage - Speculated as a Zionist - Influenced by late lover Dora Diamant - Talmud
  • 8. SICKNESS, HOMECOMING, D EATH - Diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1917 - After retirement, supported by family and sister, Ottla - Clinical depression, social anxiety, migraines, insomnia, constiption, boils, etc. - Naturopathic treatments - Returned to Prague as TB worsened - Went to Dr. Hoffman sanatorium - Died on June 3, 1924 of starvation - Buried in
  • 10. KAFKA’S WORK Max Brod - Published few short stories in his lifetime - The Judgement - The Metamorphosis - In the Penal Colony - A Hunger Artist - Never finished a novel - Burned 90 percent of work (with Diamant) - Left everything to Brod to be burned - Most work published posthumously, including The Trail and Amerika - Gestapo confiscated 20 notebooks 35 letters, still unfound - Brod’s secretary
  • 11. KAFKAESQUE - Strange settings and situations - Confused protagonists overwhelmed by seedy, illogical characters - Often absurd, bizarre, metaphysical, and existential - Influenced by writer von Kleist - Has influenced writers and artists such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez (magical realism), Camus, Sartre, Orson Welles, David Lynch, and Tom Waits
  • 12. HONOR AND LEGACY - Never received any awards - Franz Kafka Museum in Prague - Franz Kafka Prize in Prague