The experimental literary rapture around Franz Kafka only came about against his wishes after he died, because originally he wanted all his work destroyed.

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 ...

Not all Kafka’s papers were in that trove, however. Some were mixed in with Brod’s literary estate. Upon his death, this trove ... Stefan Zweig, Franz Werfel, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Heinrich ...

Kafka instructed Brod to burn his unpublished manuscripts upon his death. Brod refused and had ... Stefan Zweig, Franz Werfel, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Heinrich Mann. Werfel’s 1933 novel The ...

One of Czech writer's Franz Kafka's most-loved and enduring anecdotes involves his creative efforts between a young girl and ...

Get up close to the original manuscript of The Metamorphosis and other Kafka works Dive into previously overlooked aspects of ...

(JTA) – Franz Kafka was a devotee of Yiddish theater ... the year before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 41. Although versions of Kafka’s diaries had previously been published ...

Franz Kafka, an Austrian-Czech novelist and one of ... work to the extent that he destroyed several manuscripts. After his death, however, his friend Max Brod went against Kafka’s wishes to ...

Not only did the teacher learn about language courses, film performances at the Goethe Cinema and a number of exhibitions, scholarships and author readings, but he was also informed about the ...

A phone, a strudel and Franz Kafka combine to make Jack and Millie's day rather complicated. The couple also have to get to grips with a French daughter-in-law, gassy beer, Eye-Closing Leon and a ...