Franz Kafka, an Austrian-Czech novelist and one of the most prominent short story writers of the early 20th century, is celebrated for his nightmarish portrayals of isolation, bureaucracy and ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Franz Kafka’s handsome face, with its patrician cheekbones, tremendous dark eyes and vaguely ironic ...

Celebrated Jewish writer Franz Kafka may have written his most famous works, including the novella “The Metamorphosis,” in German, his mother tongue. But Kafka was proficient in other ...