![]() ![]() Kafka was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in August 1917. His works include The Metamorphosis, The Castle, The Trial, and Amerika. Instead the friend arranged for publication Kafka's longer stories, which have since brought him worldwide fame and have influenced many contemporary writers. At his death he asked a close friend to burn his remaining manuscripts, but the friend refused the request. He wrote very slowly and deliberately, publishing very little in his lifetime. Always neurotic, insecure, and filled with a sense of inadequacy, his writing is a search for personal fulfillment and understanding. After performing an obligatory year of unpaid service as law clerk for the civil and criminal courts, he obtained a position in the workman's compensation division of the Austrian government. He received a law degree at the University of Prague. Franz Kafka - JJFranz Kafka was born to middle-class Jewish parents in Prague, Czechoslovakia on July 3, 1883. ![]()
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