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Considered one of the greatest authors of the 20th century, Franz Kafka, author of the classic novel "The Metamorphosis" (1912), was born on July 3, 1883 to Jewish parents of the German-speaking middle class in Prague, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). Franz was the oldest of six siblings who were raised largely by governesses and servants because both his parents worked long hours for his father鈥檚 retail business. Always seeking to further his social mobility, Kafka鈥檚 father was a domineering and hot-tempered man. Kafka's tense relationship with him is documented in 鈥淭he Judgment鈥� (1912) and "Letter to Father" (1919). At university Kafka studied law, but, a year after graduating, Kafka took a job with flexible hours at the Worker鈥檚 Accident Insurance Institute that allowed him to focus on his writing, rather than pursuing a career in law, as his father had hoped. Kafka died in 1924, after contracting tuberculosis. Kafka鈥檚 other works include 鈥淎 Hunger Artist鈥� (1924), 鈥淚n the Penal Colony鈥� (1919), "The Trial" (1914), and "The Castle" (1922).