*Kafka, Franz: * - Franz Kafka was a Jewish Austrian-Czech writer and novelist who wrote in German and is considered a major figure of 20th-century literature. His unique style, characterized by existential dread, alienation, and the struggle for individual freedom, influenced modern literature. Kaf...

*Kafka, Franz: * - Franz Kafka was a Jewish Austrian-Czech writer and novelist who wrote in German and is considered a major figure of 20th-century literature. His unique style, characterized by existential dread, alienation, and the struggle for individual freedom, influenced modern literature. Kafka is best known for his novella The Metamorphosis, in which a man wakes up transformed into an insect, and his novel The Trial, which follows a man accused of an unnamed crime.