Franz Kafka bibliography
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This is a bibliography of works by Franz Kafka. While a sortable list of his works concentrates on their text and first publishing, this list adds their publications in English.
Contents
Fiction
Novels
English title | Original German title | Translations available | Notes | Cover first edition |
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The Trial | Der Process (1925) | Willa and Edwin Muir (1935); Idris Parry (1994); Breon Mitchell (1999); David Wyllie (2003); Richard Stokes (2005); John Williams; (2008) Mike Mitchell (2009) |
Includes the parable Before the Law |
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The Castle | Das Schloss (1926) | Willa and Edwin Muir (1930); Mark Harman (1998); J. A. Underwood (2000); Anthea Bell (2009) |
published in two versions – Max Brod's 1926 edition and a "definitive edition" in 1951 |
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Amerika or The Man Who Disappeared; Amerika: The Missing Person |
Amerika or Der Verschollene (1927) | Willa and Edwin Muir (1938); Michael Hofmann (2004); Mark Harman (2008) |
Includes the short story "The Stoker" as first chapter |
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Short stories
English title | Original German title | Collected in: | |
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"Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart" | "Der Unredliche in seinem Herzen" | Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors | |
"Description of a Struggle" includes two dialogues originally published separately: "Conversation with the Supplicant" "Conversation with the Drunk" |
"Beschreibung eines Kampfes" "Gespräch mit dem Beter" "Gespräch mit dem Betrunkenen" |
Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories; Both dialogues originally published in Hyperion (Munich, 1909); a different version of "Conversation with the Supplicant" appears in The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
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"Wedding Preparations in the Country" | "Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande" | The Complete Stories, Dearest Father. Stories and Other Writings |
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"The Judgment" | "Das Urteil" | The Complete Stories, The Sons, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
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The Metamorphosis | Die Verwandlung | The Complete Stories, The Sons, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
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"The Stoker" | "Der Heizer" | The Sons; first chapter of Amerika |
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"In the Penal Colony" | "In der Strafkolonie" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
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"The Village Schoolmaster (The Giant Mole)" | "Der Dorfschullehrer" or Der Riesenmaulwurf |
The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
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"Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor" | "Blumfeld, ein älterer Junggeselle" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
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The Warden of the Tomb (short play) | Der Gruftwächter | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
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"A Country Doctor" | "Ein Landarzt" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
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"The Hunter Gracchus" | "Der Jäger Gracchus" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Great Wall of China |
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"The Great Wall of China" | "Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
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"A Report to an Academy" | "Ein Bericht für eine Akademie" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
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"The Refusal" | "Die Abweisung" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes |
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"A Hunger Artist" | "Ein Hungerkünstler" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
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"Investigations of a Dog" | "Forschungen eines Hundes" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
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"A Little Woman" | "Eine kleine Frau" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
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"The Burrow" | "Der Bau" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
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"Josephine the Singer, or The Mouse Folk" |
"Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
English title | German title |
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"Children on a Country Road" | "Kinder auf der Landstraße" |
"The Trees" | "Die Bäume" |
"Clothes" | "Kleider" |
"Excursion into the Mountains" | "Der Ausflug ins Gebirge" |
"Rejection" | "Die Abweisung" |
"The Street Window" | "Das Gassenfenster" |
"The Tradesma" | "Der Kaufmann" |
"Absent-minded Window-gazing" | "Zerstreutes Hinausschaun" |
"The Way Home" | "Der Nachhauseweg" |
"Passers-by" | "Die Vorüberlaufenden" |
"On the Tram" | "Der Fahrgast" |
"Reflections for Gentlemen-Jockeys" | "Zum Nachdenken für Herrenreiter" |
"The Wish to be a Red Indian" | "Wunsch, Indianer zu werden" |
"Unhappiness" | "Unglücklichsein" |
"Bachelor's Ill Luck" | "Das Unglück des Junggesellen" |
"Unmasking a Confidence Trickster" | "Entlarvung eines Bauernfängers" |
"The Sudden Walk" | "Der plötzliche Spaziergang" |
"Resolutions" | "Entschlüsse" |
English title | Original German title | Included in: |
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"A Dream" | "Ein Traum" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"Up in the Gallery" | "Auf der Galerie" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"A Fratricide" | "Der Mord / Ein Brudermord" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"The Next Village" | "Das nächste Dorf" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"A Visit to a Mine" | "Ein Besuch im Bergwerk" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"Jackals and Arabs" | "Schakale und Araber" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"The Bridge" | "Die Brücke" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
"The Bucket Rider" | "Der Kübelreiter" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces, The Great Wall of China |
"The New Advocate" | "Der neue Advokat" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"An Old Manuscript" | "Ein altes Blatt" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"The Knock at the Manor Gate" | "Der Schlag ans Hoftor" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
"Eleven Sons" | "Elf Söhne" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"My Neighbor" | "Der Nachbar" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
"A Crossbreed" | "Eine Kreuzung" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
"The Cares of a Family Man" | "Die Sorge des Hausvaters" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"A Common Confusion" | "Eine alltägliche Verwirrung" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
"The Truth about Sancho Panza" | "Die Wahrheit über Sancho Pansa" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Great Wall of China |
"The Silence of the Sirens" | "Das Schweigen der Sirenen" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Great Wall of China |
"Prometheus" | "Prometheus" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Great Wall of China |
"The City Coat of Arms" | "Das Stadtwappen" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Great Wall of China |
"Poseidon" | "Poseidon" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes |
"Fellowship" | "Gemeinschaft" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
"At Night" | "Nachts" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
"The Problem of Our Laws" | "Zur Frage der Gesetze" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Great Wall of China |
"The Conscription of Troops" | "Die Truppenaushebung" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
"The Test" | "Die Prüfung" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Vulture" | "Der Geier" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Helmsman" | "Der Steuermann" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
"The Top" | "Der Kreisel" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
A Little Fable | "Kleine Fabel" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
Home-Coming | "Heimkehr" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
First Sorrow | "Erstes Leid" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
"The Departure" | "Der Aufbruch" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
"Advocates" | "Fürsprecher" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
"The Married Couple" | "Das Ehepaar" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China |
"Give It Up!" | "Gibs auf2 | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories |
"On Parables" | "Von den Gleichnissen" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Great Wall of China |
"Before the Law" | "Vor dem Gesetz" | The Complete stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces; part of The Trial |
"A Message from the Emperor" | "Eine kaiserliche Botschaft" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces; part of "The Great Wall of China" |
"Peking and the Emperor" | "Der Kaiser von Peking" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Great Wall and the Tower of Babel" |
"Die Chinesische Mauer und der Turmbau von Babel" |
Parables and Paradoxes |
"Paradise" | "Das Paradies" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Tower of Babel" | "Der Turm zu Babel" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Pit of Babel" | "Der Schacht von Babel" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"Abraham" | "Abraham" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"Mount Sinai" | "Der Berg Sinai" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Building of the Temple" | "Der Tempelbau" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Animal in the Synagogue" | "Das Tier in der Synagoge" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Watchman" | "Der Wächter" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Coming of the Messiah" | "Das Kommen des Messias" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Sirens" | "Die Sirenen" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"Leopards in the Temple" | "Leoparden in Tempel" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"Alexander the Great" | "Alexander der Grosse" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"Diogenes" | "Diogenes" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Building of a City" | "Der Bau einer Stadt" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Imperial Colonel" | "Der Kaiserliche Oberst" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Emperor" | "Der Kaiser" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"In the Caravansary" | "In der Karawanserei" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Cell" | "Die Zelle" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Invention of the Devil" | "Die Erfindung des Teufels" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Savages" | "Die Wilden" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Green Dragon" | "Der Grüne Drache" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Tiger" | "Der Tiger" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"Couriers" | "Kuriere" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"A Chinese Puzzle" | "Ein Geduldspiel" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"Robinson Crusoe" | "Robinson Crusoe" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Spring" | "Die Quelle" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"The Hunger Strike" | "Die Unersättlichsten" | Parables and Paradoxes |
"My Destination" | "Das Ziel" | Parables and Paradoxes |
Non-fiction
Diaries and notebooks
Title | Original German title | Translators | Notes |
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Diaries 1910–1923 | Tagebücher 1910–1923 | 1910–1913 Joseph Kresh 1914–1923 Martin Greenberg |
Originally published in two volumes |
The Blue Octavo Notebooks | Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins |
included in Dearest Father. Stories and Other Writings |
Letters
Title | Original German title | Translators | Notes |
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Letter to His Father | Brief an den Vater | Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins |
Included in The Sons and Dearest Father. Stories and Other Writings |
Letters to Felice | Briefe an Felice und andere Korrespondenz aus der Verlobungszeit |
James Stern and Elisabeth Duckworth |
Includes Kafka's letters to Grete Bloch |
Letters to Milena | Briefe an Milena | Philip Boehm | Includes Milena's letters to Max Brod, four essays by her and an obituary for Kafka |
Letters to Ottla | Briefe an Ottla und die Familie | Richard and Clara Winston | Includes letters to Kafka's parents, sister Ottla, postcards, and drawings |
Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors | Briefe 1902-1924 | Richard and Clara Winston | Includes a selection from the slips of paper Kafka used to communicate in the last few weeks of his life when he was advised not to speak |
Essays
Title | Original German title | Notes | Included in: |
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The Aeroplanes At Brescia | Die Aeroplane in Brescia | Report on the air show at Brescia | The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
The First Long Train Journey | Die erste lange Eisenbahnfahrt | Written by Kafka and Max Brod | The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
Review of Hyperion | Eine entschlafene Zeitschrift | Review of the literary magazine | The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
Review of A Novel about Youth | Ein Roman der Jugend | Review of Felix Sternheim's Die Geschichte des jungen Oswald |
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
On Kleist's "Anecdotes" | Über Kleist's Anekdoten | Review of a collection of Heinrich Kleist's anecdotes | The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |
Title | Year | Included in: |
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The Scope of Compulsory Insurance for the Building trades |
1908 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Speech on the Occasion of the Inauguration of the Institute's New Director |
1909 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Fixed-Rate Insurance Premiums for Small Farms Using Machinery |
1909 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Inclusion of Private Automobile "Firms" in the Compulsory Insurance Program |
1909 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Appeal against Risk Classification of Christian Geipel & Sohn, Mechanical Weaving Mill in Asch |
1910 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Measures for Preventing Accidents from Wood-Planing Machines |
1910 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
On the Examination of Firms by Trade Inspectors |
1911 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Workmen's Insurance and Employers: Two Articles in the Tetschen Bodenbacher Zeitung |
1911 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Petition of the Toy Producers' Association in Katharinaberg, Erzgebirge |
1912 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Risk Classification Appeal by Norbert Hochsieder, Boarding House Owner in Marienbad |
1912 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Letters to the Workmen's Accident Insurance Institute in Prague |
1912-15 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Criminal Charge against Josef Renelt for the Illegal Withholding of Insurance Fees |
1913 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Second International Congress on Accident Prevention and First Aid in Vienna |
1913 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Accident Prevention in Quarries | 1914 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Jubilee Report: Twenty-Five Years of the Workmen's Accident Insurance Institute |
1914 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Risk Classification and Accident Prevention in Wartime |
1915 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
A Public Psychiatric Hospital for German-Bohemia |
1916 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
"Help Disabled Veterans! An Urgent Appeal to the Public" |
1916/1917 | Franz Kafka: The Office Writings |
Collections
Schocken editions
Title | Year | Translators | Notes |
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The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections | 1946 | Willa and Edwin Muir | |
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1948 | Willa and Edwin Muir | |
Dearest Father. Stories and Other Writings | 1954 | Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins | |
Description of a Struggle | 1958 | Tania and James Stern | |
Parables and Paradoxes | 1961 | Clement Greenberg; Richard and Clara Winston; Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins; Willa and Edwin Muir; Tania and James Stern |
Bilingual edition |
The Complete Stories | 1971 | Willa and Edwin Muir; Tania and James Stern |
Reprinted in 1995 with a foreword by John Updike |
I Am a Memory Come Alive | 1974 | Martin Greenberg and Hannah Arendt; Joseph Kresh; Gerald Onn; Willa and Edwin Muir; Tania and James Stern; Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins |
Autobiographical writings selected from diaries, letters, and aphorisms |
The Sons | 1989 | Willa and Edwin Muir | Translations revised and updated by Arthur Wensinger |
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories |
1995 | Willa and Edwin Muir | Includes all the stories published in Kafka's lifetime |
The Zürau Aphorisms | 2006 | Michael Hofmann; Geoffrey Brock |
Other editions
Title | Year | Publisher | Translators | Notes |
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The Basic Kafka | 1979 | Pocket Books | Willa and Edwin Muir Tania and James Stern Richard and Clara Winston |
A selection from Kafka's short stories, diaries, and letters. |
The Penguin Complete Novels of Franz Kafka |
1983 | Penguin Books | Willa and Edwin Muir | Includes The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika; republished by Vintage in 1999 |
Metamorphosis and Other Stories | 2007 | Penguin Classics | Collection of Kafka's works | |
Franz Kafka: The Office Writings | 2008 | Princeton University Press | Eric Patton; Ruth Hein | A selection of Kafka's professional writings |
Kafka's Greatest Stories | 2010 | Vook | Enhanced with video providing historical background on Kafka's life and influences.) | |
Essential Kafka: Rendezvous with Otherness | 2011 | Authorhouse | Enhanced with video providing historical background on Kafka's life and influences.) |
Collaborations
English title | Original German title | Written with: | Notes |
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Richard and Samuel | Richard und Samuel | Max Brod | Intended to be a novel; only the first chapter was completed.[1] |
See also
References
- ↑ The Kafka Project – Erstes Kapitel des Buches "Richard und Samuel" von Max Brod und Franz Kafka (German)