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Born July 3, 1883 • Prague • Austria-Hungary
Died June 3, 1924 (aged 40) • near Vienna • Austria
Notable Works “Amerika” • “Description of a Struggle” • “In the Penal Colony” • “Letter to Father” • “Meditation” • “The Castle” • “The Judgment” • “The Metamorphosis” • “The Trial”

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