WebThe Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the Jewish, Bohemian, German-language novelist. The prize was first awarded in 2001 and is co-sponsored by the Franz Kafka Society and the city of Prague, Czech Republic Award information and history. At a presentation held ...

WebFranz Kafka (Praga, Imperio austrohúngaro, actual capital de República Checa; 3 de julio de 1883-Kierling, Austria; 3 de junio de 1924) fue un escritor bohemio en lengua alemana.Su obra, de las más influyentes de la literatura universal, [1] [2] es una de las pioneras en la fusión de elementos realistas con fantásticos y tiene como principales temas los …

WebFranz Kafka (Praga, Império Austro-Húngaro, atual República Tcheca, 3 de julho de 1883 — Klosterneuburg, República Austríaca, atual Áustria, 3 de junho de 1924) [4] [5] foi um escritor boêmio de língua alemã, autor de romances e contos, considerado pelos críticos como um dos escritores mais influentes do século XX.A maior parte de sua obra, como A …

WebFranz Kafka. Franz Kafka (Praga, 3 luglio 1883 – Kierling, 3 giugno 1924) è stato uno scrittore boemo di lingua tedesca.. Nato nei territori dell'Impero austro-ungarico, divenuti Repubblica cecoslovacca a partire dal 1918, è ritenuto una delle maggiori figure della letteratura del XX secolo e importante esponente del modernismo, del surrealismo e del …

WebFranz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life is a 1993 British short comedy film written and directed by Peter Capaldi.It stars Richard E. Grant as Franz Kafka and co-stars Ken Stott.The title refers to the name of the writer Franz Kafka and the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, directed by Frank Capra, and the plot takes the concept of the two to absurd depths.

WebThe Castle (German: Das Schloss, also spelled Das Schloß [das ˈʃlɔs]) is the last novel by Franz Kafka.In it a protagonist known only as "K." arrives in a village and struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities who govern it from a castle supposedly owned by Count Westwest.. Kafka died before he could finish the work and the novel was posthumously …

WebMetamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915.One of Kafka's best-known works, Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and …

WebRobert Walser (15 April 1878 – 25 December 1956) was a German-speaking Swiss writer.. Walser is understood to be the missing link between Kleist and Kafka. "Indeed", writes Susan Sontag, "at the time [of Walser's writing], it was more likely to be Kafka [who was understood] through the prism of Walser."For example, Robert Musil once referred to …

WebEtymology and literary origins. The term first appeared as the German magischer Realismus ('magical realism'). In 1925, German art critic Franz Roh used magischer Realismus to refer to a painterly style known as Neue Sachlichkeit ('New Objectivity'), an alternative to expressionism that was championed by German museum director Gustav Hartlaub.: 9–11 …

WebThe Trial (German: Der Process, later Der Proceß, Der Prozeß and Der Prozess) is a novel written by Franz Kafka between 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed …