Franz Kafka

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Publisher Marketing: Franz Kafka nacio en Praga el 3 de julio de 1883 en el seno de una familia judia. Sus padres eran Hermann Kafka (1852-1931) y Julie Lowy (1856-1934). Kafka a los 5 anos (1888). Su padre habia nacido en Wossek, aldea de poblacion mayoritariamente judia checo-hablante, cerca de Pisek, en la region de Bohemia del Sur. Originario de una familia rural judia de carniceros, con frecuentes problemas economicos, tras trabajar como representante de comercio, en 1881 se establecio por su cuenta en Praga, donde regenteo un negocio textil en la Zeltnergasse (Celetna ulice), que contaba con 15 empleados cuando Franz nacio. Utilizaba un grajo (kavka, en checo) como emblema comercial. Su madre, nacida en Podiebrad an der Elbe, era de familia germano-hablante perteneciente a la burguesia judeoalemana. Era hija de Jakob Lowy, un prospero fabricante de cerveza. Provenia, por tanto, de una familia mucho mas prospera que la de su marido y tenia una educacion mas refinada. En su ambito habia profesores universitarios, bohemios y artistas. El matrimonio se instalo en Praga y paso a formar parte de la alta sociedad. Desde el comienzo, quien marco la pauta de la educacion de Franz fue el padre que, como resultado de su propia experiencia, insistio en la necesidad del esfuerzo continuado para superar todas las dificultades de la existencia, siempre desde una actitud permanente de autoritarismo y prepotencia hacia sus hijos. La madre quedo relegada a un papel secundario en el aspecto educativo." Contributor Bio:  Kafka, Franz Franz Kafka was born to Jewish parents in Bohemia in 1883. Kafka s father was a luxury goods retailer who worked long hours and as a result never became close with his son. Kafka s relationship with his father greatly influenced his later writing and directly informed his Brief an den Vater (Letter to His Father). Kafka had a thorough education and was fluent in both German and Czech. As a young man, he was hired to work at an insurance company where he was quickly promoted despite his desire to devote his time to writing rather than insurance. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote a great number of stories, letters, and essays, but burned the majority of his work before his death and requested that his friend Max Brod burn the rest. Brod, however, did not fulfill this request and published many of the works in the years following Kafka s death of tuberculosis in 1924. Thus, most of Kafka s works were published posthumously, and he did not live to see them recognized as some of the most important examples of literature of the twentieth century. Kafka s works are considered among the most significant pieces of existentialist writing, and he is remembered for his poignant depictions of internal conflicts with alienation and oppression. Some of Kafka s most famous works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial and The Castle.