Kafka
The Surveyor
One morning, Gregor Samsa woke up transformed into an insect. Franz wrote your nightmares. Your anxieties. Your absurd.
1883 — 1924
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Era
Life and journey
Franz lived in the shadow. he felt like a stranger everywhere.
Their thought
absurdity and anguish. man trapped in bureaucracy.
What they leave us
adjective 'Kafkaesque'. poet of lucid nightmares.
Major works
The Trial (1925).
The Metamorphosis (1915).
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1 quotes
“Le bonheur ne consiste pas à posséder, mais à donner. Celui qui rend les autres heureux devient heureux lui-même.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Happiness does not consist in possession, but in giving. He who makes others happy becomes happy himself.”
— Inconnu
