Franz Kafka bibliography
First page of Kafka's letter to his father
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.
Fiction
Novels
| English title | Original German title | Translations available | Notes | Cover first edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
Short stories
This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.| English title | Original German title | Collected in: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "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 | |
| "Wedding Preparations in the Country" | "Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande" | The Complete Stories, Dearest Father. Stories and Other Writings | |
| "The Judgment" | "Das Urteil" | The Complete Stories, The Sons, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | |
| The Metamorphosis | Die Verwandlung | The Complete Stories, The Sons, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | |
| "The Stoker" | "Der Heizer" | The Sons; first chapter of Amerika | |
| "In the Penal Colony" | "In der Strafkolonie" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | |
| "The Village Schoolmaster (The Giant Mole)" | "Der Dorfschullehrer" or Der Riesenmaulwurf | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China | |
| "Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor" | "Blumfeld, ein älterer Junggeselle" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories | |
| The Warden of the Tomb (short play) | Der Gruftwächter | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories | |
| "A Country Doctor" | "Ein Landarzt" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | |
| "The Hunter Gracchus" | "Der Jäger Gracchus" | The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes, The Great Wall of China | |
| "The Great Wall of China" | "Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China | |
| "A Report to an Academy" | "Ein Bericht für eine Akademie" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | |
| "The Refusal" | "Die Abweisung" | Description of a Struggle, The Complete Stories, Parables and Paradoxes | |
| "A Hunger Artist" | "Ein Hungerkünstler" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces |  |
| "Investigations of a Dog" | "Forschungen eines Hundes" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China | |
| "A Little Woman" | "Eine kleine Frau" | The Complete Stories, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | |
| "The Burrow" | "Der Bau" | The Complete Stories, The Great Wall of China | |
| "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 |
First Edition of Betrachtung (Contemplation) (1912)
| English title | German title |
|---|---|
| "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: |
|---|---|---|
| "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
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| Title | Original German title | Translators | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Work-related writings
| Title | Year | Included in: |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)