Quote of the day by Franz Kafka: 'It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of...' - Jewish-Czech novelist's timeless lesson on why true wisdom ...

Franz Kafka, a 20th-century writer, explored themes of isolation and bureaucracy in his works. His quote highlights the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A new translation of Franz Kafka’s diaries restores much of his Jewish musings

(JTA) – Franz Kafka was a devotee of Yiddish theater, fell in love with his Hebrew teacher and once encountered the owner of a brothel he frequented in synagogue on Yom Kippur. The broad strokes of ...

Quote of the Day by Franz Kafka: "It is not necessary to accept everything as true..."- The original Kafkaesque moment, The Trial author’s chilling warning about truth and power

Franz Kafka's profound quote, "It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary," offers a stark warning about societal pressures. His insights, shaped by ...
Wall Street Journal

The Private Franz Kafka

Before succumbing to tuberculosis in 1924, a month shy of his 41st birthday, Franz Kafka made clear to his best friend and literary executor, Max Brod, that he wanted all of his unpublished ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Franz Kafka's life wasn't so kafkaesque after all, TV miniseries shows

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with lead actor Joel Basman and director David Schalko about his German-Austrian miniseries Kafka on early 20th century... Franz Kafka's life wasn't so kafkaesque after all, ...

The strange tale of Franz Kafka, the lost doll and the little girl

Franz Kafka may have written a now-lost story about a doll sending letters to her owner, but the source of the tale is ...
Forbes

Franz Kafka, Anti-Bureaucrat

To understand the bureaucratic state, read Franz Kafka. Few writers have his knack to convey the peculiar, perverse effects the modern leviathan exerts on the soul as forcefully as this quiet Prague ...
The Daily Beast

Franz Kafka Gets a Fittingly Unconventional Biopic at TIFF

The biopic is such a staid genre that any attempt at doing something unique with its form is cause for excitement, if not outright celebration. Franz is that sort of daring endeavor, investigating the ...
The Daily Star

Absurdism, reality, and Franz Kafka

Kafka's world is chaotic. It is a world that is often found lurking in the darkest corners of our minds, shrouded by melancholy and devoid of happiness. On the occasion of his 139th birth anniversary ...
The Forward

On Franz Kafka’s Birthday, Looking Through Lens of his Sexuality

If ever there was an author whose works resisted analysis, it’s Franz Kafka. What does it mean, after all, that Gregor Samsa wakes up in “The Metamorphosis” and finds himself turned into a bug? In ...
Yahoo

‘Franz’ Review: Agnieszka Holland’s Kafka Biopic Never Stands Still, but Never Finds Its Stride

As biopic subjects go, Franz Kafka is resistant to standard-issue treatment on a number of levels — beginning with the fact that his life, short and largely uncelebrated in its time, wasn't especially ...