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FAMILY
- Son of Hermann and Julie Kafka
- Middle-class German-speaking Jewish family
- Eldest of six children- Two younger brothers (died in
infancy)- Three younger sisters (died in
concentration camps)- Father independent retailer of
fancy goods/accessories- Mother well-
educated, managed father’s business
- Father described is tyrannical, abusive
CHILDHOOD & EDUCATION
- Born in Prague, capital of modern day Czech Republic
- Children by governesses & servants- Attended Deutschule in Prague, 1889 – 1893- Sent to German schools, social advancement- Following secondary school, attended Charles
Ferdinand University- Chemistry to Law- Met Max Brod, lifelong friend- Obtained degree of Doctor of Law, 1906
ADULTHOOD
- 1907 – 1908 Brief employment in Italian insurance
- Quit due to heavy schedule- 1908 – 1922 Worker’s Accident
Insurance for the Kingdom of Bohemia, “bread job”
- Retired due to ill health- Introduced to Felice Bauer by Max
Brod- Moves to Berlin in 1923 with Dora
Diamant, a teacher
RELIGION
- Father stifled Jewish heritage- Speculated as a Zionist- Influenced by late lover Dora
Diamant- Talmud
SICKNESS, HOMECOMING, D
EATH
- Diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1917- After retirement, supported by family and
sister, Ottla- Clinical depression, social
anxiety, migraines, insomnia, constiption, boils, etc.
- Naturopathic treatments- Returned to Prague as TB worsened- Went to Dr. Hoffman sanatorium- Died on June 3, 1924 of starvation- Buried in
KAFKA’S WORK
Max Brod
- Published few short stories in his lifetime- The Judgement- The Metamorphosis- In the Penal Colony- A Hunger Artist
- Never finished a novel- Burned 90 percent of work (with
Diamant)- Left everything to Brod to be burned- Most work published
posthumously, including The Trail and Amerika
- Gestapo confiscated 20 notebooks 35 letters, still unfound
- Brod’s secretary
KAFKAESQUE
- Strange settings and situations- Confused protagonists overwhelmed
by seedy, illogical characters- Often
absurd, bizarre, metaphysical, and existential
- Influenced by writer von Kleist- Has influenced writers and artists such
as Gabriel Garcia Marquez (magical realism), Camus, Sartre, Orson Welles, David Lynch, and Tom Waits
HONOR AND LEGACY
- Never received any awards- Franz Kafka Museum in Prague- Franz Kafka Prize in Prague