Franz kafka, was born in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 3, 1883, and was a famous writer, considered one of the most important writers of world literature of the twentieth century.
Son of Hermann Kafka Y Julie LöwyLike most of the inhabitants of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he spoke from his childhood both Czech and German. As the years passed, he became interested in French culture, so he began to speak its language and was strongly influenced by writers such as Flaubert, Dickens Y Ghoete.
In 1889, he began studying at the Deutsche Knabenschule, where he completed his primary studies. Years later, he went on to Altstädter Deutsches Gymnasium, and after a while he entered the Carolina University of Prague, where he obtained his law degree on June 18, 1906.
In 1906, he had to perform a year of compulsory military service, like all people at that time, where he performed administrative tasks in civil and criminal courts. From that moment on, he began to frequent low-paying jobs, which gave him some experience. It was at that time, when he began to discover his talents as a writer, which is why he began several projects, including novels, short stories and stories, which led him to world fame several years later.
In 1917, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, for which he had to spend several moments of convalescence, in which his family accompanied him and was essential to overcome those tragic spasms that he suffered. Mainly his sister Ottilie, which was the one with whom he had the most affinity.
Six years later, he decided to leave for Berlin to get away from the bad influences of his father, with whom he had a sick relationship, which he demonstrated throughout his work, mainly in the “Letter to father“, published after the writer’s death. It was there, where he met Dora diamant, a young Jewish woman who accompanied the writer during the last years of his life.
Regarding his love life, he suffered several disappointments that traumatized him for life, with women like Felice bauer Y Milena Jesenskà.
He maintained a vegetarian and naturopathic diet for most of his life, but it is believed that one of the causes of his illness was the ingestion of unpasteurized milk and because of his little concern for the sanitation of food.
On June 3, 1924, after being admitted to the Vienna sanatorium due to his agonizing illness, he died Franz kafka. Days later, he was buried in the Jewish sector of the New Cemetery of Prague-ikov. Despite his requests that all of his work be cremated, both Max brod What Dora diamant, published several of his works which was what made him become an indisputable figure in universal literature.
His most famous writings include works such as: “Description of a fight“,”Contemplation“,”A rural doctor“,”Sentence“,”In the penal colony“,”Josefina la cantora or the town of mice“,”A hunger artist“,”Metamorphosis“,”The missing“,”The process“,”The Castle“,”The building of the Chinese Wall“,”Letter to father“,”The play“,”Notebooks in octave “,”Letters to Ottla” Y “Letters to the family“, among other great successes of the Czech writer.