Franz Kafka was a famous writer. He was born in Prague in 1883. He came from a Jewish family. Prague was a beautiful but complicated city at that time.
Kafka did not write books full-time. He worked at a large insurance company. He wrote his books at night. He was often very tired and lonely because of this routine.
He wrote very strange and gloomy stories. His most famous book is called The Metamorphosis. In this story, a man turns into a giant insect. His stories were about modern life and feelings of anxiety.
Kafka died in 1924 from tuberculosis. He was only forty years old. Today, millions of people read his work and remember his amazing legacy.