NPR's Michel Martin speaks with lead actor Joel Basman and director David Schalko about his German-Austrian miniseries Kafka on early 20th century author Franz Kafka, released in the U.S. from June 6.

Franz Kafka, as portrayed here, was surrounded by oppression, regimentation, and rejection. Kafka was born in Prague in 1883, and his stern father constantly ridiculed and belittled him.

Thanks to a blistering new translation by acclaimed translator and writer Ross Benjamin, the NC-17 Diaries of Franz Kafka are, for the first time, available to the English-speaking world ...

An unabridged volume of Franz Kafka’s diaries restores the rough edges and impulses that were buffed out of past editions. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

A six-part TV series, starring Joel Basman as the enigmatic author, is streaming on Channel 4's Walter Presents and ChaiFlicks in time for the June 6 centenary of Kafka's death.

Franz Kafka’s manuscripts are displayed during a 2019 press conference at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. Photo by Getty Images. By Benjamin Ivry January 23, 2023.