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

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

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

Franz Kafka’s Doll, a captivating new production by the team behind the award-winning STILL! A Statue That Travelled the World, brings a timeless story of empathy, imagination and loss to the stage.

Franz Kafka, an Austrian-Czech novelist and one of the most prominent short story writers of the early 20th century, is celebrated for his nightmarish portrayals of isolation, bureaucracy and ...

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 ...

Paging Franz Kafka: The MTA has rolled out its latest anti-farebeating measure, spiked metal railings meant to discourage turnstile-jumpers from levering themselves into the system. Debuting at the ...

Like Franz Kafka himself, this is an exhibition with two very different faces. One is a kaleidoscopic deconstruction of our image of the author – the icon of troubled genius constructed over the ...

Kafka, the master of blind bureaucracy ... Irmgard Keun, Stefan Zweig, Franz Werfel, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Heinrich Mann. Werfel’s 1933 novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, depicting Armenian ...

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also brought his skewed view to the ...