# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-kafka
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:40:10.072Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-kafka"
name: "Hermann Kafka"
slug: "hermann-kafka"
description: "Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists."
tagline: "Father of Franz Kafka (1852–1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kafka's_parents_c1913_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1852-09-14"
deathDate: "1931-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.084282460136674
  historical:           3.971529333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Hermann Kafka"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kafka"
    title: "Hermann Kafka"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kafka"
    title: "Hermann Kafka"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AB"
    title: "ヘルマン・カフカ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations