Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, published in 1915, stands as one of the most influential works of modern literature. The novella’s story of Gregor Samsa, who wakes up one morning transformed into a ...

The financier John Pierpont Morgan and the writer Franz Kafka appear at first blush to be an odd pair. The titan of finance from Hartford was a modern Midas. The Jewish writer from Prague died young ...

Celebrated Jewish writer Franz Kafka may have written his most famous ... “He did not know how to write ‘Europe’ in modern Hebrew, so here he wrote it out phonetically instead, followed ...

Why do we continue to find Franz Kafka so compelling 100 years after his death? Why is Kafka still considered to be so modern and contemporary? What awaits us in Kafka’s anniversary year of 2024?

On March 26 in the Barker Center, admirers of Franz Kafka and enthusiasts of literary ... fidelity to the original and accessibility for modern readers. However, Harman diverges from this rigid ...

Europe is shattered and people die in unimaginable numbers,” wrote Franz Kafka about World War I ... look at the writer who changed the face of modern literature with ground-breaking works ...

When you think of Franz Kafka, there are a few words that likely come to mind: Lonely, tortured, isolated. But this depiction doesn’t actually tell the full story of Kafka, a new exhibit at The ...

A Taipei exhibition in commemoration of renowned German-language novelist Franz Kafka allows visitors to explore Kafka’s works “in a modern way,” Czech Centre Taipei Director Marketa Zahumenska said ...

A production of Joseph K and the Cost of Living (After Franz Kafka) will appear at Twickenham’s Mary Wallace Theatre, ...

By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief 100 years after the death of Franz Kafka, a new mini-series aims to dive beneath the surface of an author who remains enigmatic even as his influence on the ...

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 ...