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'''Franz Kafka''' was a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] writer who lived from 1883 to 1924. [[File:Kafka.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Franz Kafka]] 

He wrote strange stories filled with feelings of fear and sorrow in the [[Germany|German]] language. 

He came from a [[Jew|Jewish]] family in [[Prague]] and worked in a government office. He was very unhappy in his life and at his work, and did not write very many stories. 

One of his most famous works is ''Metamorphosis'' (1915) about a man who wakes up and finds that he has changed into a giant bug. 

Kafka died at 40 of [[tuberculosis]].

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