Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was a German-language writer who is widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His works—including The Metamorphosis (1915), The Trial (1925), and The Castle (1926)—feature characters confronting bizarre, nightmarish bureaucratic circumstances in ways that explore themes of alienation, existential dread, and the absurdity of modern life. The adjective "Kafkaesque" has entered the English language to describe situations that are confusingly complex, bizarrely surreal, or oppressively bureaucratic.