Kafka

[kahf-kah, -kuh]

noun

1. Franz 1883–1924, Austrian novelist and short-story writer, born in Prague.

Kafka

/ ˈkæfkə, ˌkæfkəˈɛsk, ˈkafka /

noun

1. Franz (frants). 1883–1924, Czech novelist writing in German. In his two main novels The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926), published posthumously against his wishes, he portrays man's fear, isolation, and bewilderment in a nightmarish dehumanized world

Other Word Forms

• Kafkaesque adjective

Example Sentences

It’s the first major decision made by interim coach Mike Kafka since the Giants’ firing of coach Brian Daboll on Monday.

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Krasznahorkai is "a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess," the Academy said.

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The Nobel Prize in Literature described Krasznahorkai as "a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess."

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The first Hungarian author to receive that award, he credited author Franz Kafka, singer Jimi Hendrix and the city of Kyoto in Japan for inspiration.

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Krasznahorkai, 71, is "a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised by absurdism and grotesque excess," the jury said in a statement.

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