Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924
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1883-1924
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קפקא, פרנץ, 1883-1924
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1883-1924
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Кафка, Франц, 1883-1924
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1883-1924
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קאפקא, פרנץ, 1883-1924
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1883-1924
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كافكا, فرانتس, 1883-1924
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كافكا
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Date :
1883-1924
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弗兰茨·卡夫卡, 1883-1924
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弗兰茨·卡夫卡
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1883-1924
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קאפקא, פראנץ, 1883-1924
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קאפקא
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פראנץ
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1883-1924
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Kʻapʻŭkʻa, 1883-1924
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Kʻapʻŭkʻa
Date :
1883-1924
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Ḳafḳa, Frants, 1883-1924
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Ḳafḳa
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Frants
Date :
1883-1924
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کافکا, فرانز, 1883-1924
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کافکا
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فرانز
Date :
1883-1924
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Κάφκα, Φραντς, 1883-1924
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Κάφκα
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Φραντς
Date :
1883-1924
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Kafka, F. (Franz), 1883-1924
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Kafka
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Franz
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1883-1924
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Kāk̲apkā, 1883-1924
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Kāk̲apkā
Date :
1883-1924
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卡夫卡, 弗兰茨, 1883-1924
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卡夫卡
Forename :
弗兰茨
Date :
1883-1924
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Mand
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كفكا, فرنز, 1883-1924
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كفكا
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فرنز
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1883-1924
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フランツ・カフカ, 1883-1924
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フランツ・カフカ
Date :
1883-1924
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קפקא, 1883-1924
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קפקא
Date :
1883-1924
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Ḳafḳa, Amshel, 1883-1924
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Ḳafḳa
Forename :
Amshel
Date :
1883-1924
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Kafka, Franc, 1883-1924
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Surname :
Kafka
Forename :
Franc
Date :
1883-1924
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קאפקה, פראנץ, 1883-1924
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Surname :
קאפקה
Forename :
פראנץ
Date :
1883-1924
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Hebr
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Кафка, Ф., 1883-1924
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Surname :
Кафка
Forename :
Ф.
Date :
1883-1924
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Cyrl
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Kʻa-fu-kʻa, Fu-lang-tzʻu, 1883-1924
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Surname :
Kʻa-fu-kʻa
Forename :
Fu-lang-tzʻu
Date :
1883-1924
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Kʻa-fu-kʻa, 1883-1924
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Surname :
Kʻa-fu-kʻa
Date :
1883-1924
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Kaphka, Phrants, 1883-1924
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Surname :
Kaphka
Forename :
Phrants
Date :
1883-1924
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Biographical History
Franz Kafka (b. July 3, 1883, Prague, Czech Republic–d. June 3, 1924, Klosterneuburg, Austria) was a novelist and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible social-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Process (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle). The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those in his writing.
Kafka was born into a middle-class, German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today part of the Czech Republic. He trained as a lawyer, and after completing his legal education he was employed by an insurance company, forcing him to relegate writing to his spare time. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote hundreds of letters to family and close friends, including his father, with whom he had a strained and formal relationship. He became engaged to several women but never married. He died in 1924 at the age of 40 from tuberculosis.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/56611857
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q905
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81063091
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n81063091
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Languages Used
ger
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eng
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Subjects
Fiction
Nationalities
Serbia and Montenegro
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Novelists
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Klosterneuburg
03, AT
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Death
Prague
52, CZ
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Birth
Republic of Austria
00, AT
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Czechoslovakia
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