Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those found in his writing.

His work has influenced a vast range of writers, critics, artists, and philosophers during the 20th and 21st centuries.