Kafka

American  

[kahf-kah, -kuh] / ˈkɑf kɑ, -kə /

noun

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

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Kafka British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• Kafkaesque adjective

Example Sentences

Askell excelled at math, read Franz Kafka, acted in plays, made sculptures, immersed herself in Scottish history books and hung out with what she calls “the nerd group” at school.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here, Melville is an American Kafka or Gogol, and in this guise, he skewers our pervasive national ethos that values ambition and striving above all.

From The Wall Street Journal

Franz Kafka’s novella “The Metamorphosis” asks: What if, overnight, you became “a horrible vermin”—a creature among the most repellent ever to crawl the earth?

From The Wall Street Journal

For the cubicle set, he was Kafka with an American accent and an infallible comic touch.

From The Wall Street Journal

The team went 2-5 under interim coach Mike Kafka, who was promoted from offensive coordinator.

From Los Angeles Times