Franz Kafka is one of the best-known German-language authors in the world, even though he has been dead for 100 years. So why is he still so popular today? Born in Prague in 1883, Franz Kafka ...

Social media is turning the enigmatic Jewish writer into a shallow meme, writes the author of a new novel based on his work. The writer Franz Kafka died 100 years ago on June 3, 1924, one month ...

Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in Prague, then part of Austria-Hungary, where he spent most of his life. From 1889 to 1893, he attended the "German Boys' School" there, followed by the so-called ...

Yes, it would be a mistake to limit the scope of Franz Kafka’s activities only to the hundred-spired Czech capital. After all, what about Siřem, where he loved to go to visit his sister’s country ...

A letter giving a rare insight into Franz Kafka’s struggle with writer’s block is going up for auction. Best-known for the 1915 novella “The Metamorphosis,” the Prague-born Jewish writer ...