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Franz Kafka
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 3, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 20:36, 18 June 2013‎ (UTC)



Franz Kafka (1883–1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, and is regarded as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. His works, such as "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Process (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle), are filled with themes and archetypes of alienation, brutality, parent–child conflict, and mystical transformations. Kafka was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He trained as a lawyer and worked for an insurance company, writing in his spare time – he complained all his life about his lack of time to write. Kafka wrote hundreds of letters to family and close female friends, including his fiancée Felice Bauer. Only a few of Kafka's stories appeared during his lifetime in story collections and literary magazines. His novels and other unfinished works were published posthumously, mostly by his friend Max Brod, who ignored his wish to have the manuscripts destroyed. Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre are among the writers influenced by Kafka's work; the term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe surreal situations like those in his writing.


 * Support as nom, "Vital" article (4 pts), 130th birth anniv (1 pt) = 5 pts. of one of the greatest writers of all time. Pumpkin Sky   talk  23:04, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, I'm just worried that by the time this gets to the Main Page, it will have transformed into a massive giant bug. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:01, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Support as co-author, not worried, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:12, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - please provide the titles of the works in English in the blurb so that our readers don't have to click out on the second sentence. Victoria (talk) 16:02, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * His works were in German, not translated as long as he lived. I will add English titles if there's room enough. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:34, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Try this - 1,196 characters, and a link to The Trial, at the cost of some lesser information. BencherliteTalk 17:59, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Graham Colm (talk) 17:42, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment If it did transform into a massive giant bug, it would be very Kafka-esque! Pumpkin Sky   talk  20:39, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Just so long as it's not a giant melted mirror or clock! :P &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:50, 17 June 2013 (UTC)