Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

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Franz Kafka was born into a German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Austrian Empire, in 1883. His father, Hermann Kafka, was a business owner and a domestic tyrant, frequently abusing his son. Kafka later admitted to his father, "My writing was all about you...". He believed that his father broke his will and caused insecurity and guilt, that affected his whole life. Their tensions come out in "The Trial" and in "The Castle" in form of a hopeless conflict with an overwhelming force. His mother, Julie Lowy, came from an intellectual, spiritual family of the Jewish merchant and brewer Jakob Lowy. Although her influence was diminished by his dominating father, she shared her son's delicate nature. Kafka had a few relationships with women and was engaged, but never made a family.

  • When was
    Franz Kafka born?

    Franz Kafka was born on Tuesday, July 3, 1883

  • Where was
    Franz Kafka born?

    Franz Kafka was born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

  • How old was
    Franz Kafka when they died?

    Franz Kafka was 41

  • When did Franz Kafka die?

    Franz Kafka died on
    Tuesday, June 3, 1924

  • How tall is Franz Kafka?

    Franz Kafka is 5'11"(1.82m)


Best Quotes

  • Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.
  • Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.
  • The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.
  • The point of view of art and that of life are different even in the artist himself. Art flies around truth, but with the definite intention of...
  • The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.
  • The man in ecstasy and the man drowning—both throw up their arms. The first does it to signify harmony, the second to signify strife with th...
  • The cruelty of death lies in the fact that it brings the real sorrow of the end, but not the end. The greatest cruelty of death: an apparent e...
  • The delights of this life are not its own, but our fear of the ascent into a higher life; the torments of this life are not its own, but our s...
  • The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite.
  • The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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