Franz Kafka Franz Kafka did not exactly live a king's life. His life was full of frustration and confusion. That is probably the main reason for his twisted stories. He began life in Prague on July 3, 1883. He was the oldest of six children. Kafka had three surviving sisters; Valli, Elli, and Ottla; as well as two brothers; Heinrich and George; who died in infancy. He was 6 feet tall, weighed between 140 and 100 lbs. (fluctuated due to …showed first 75 words of 1015 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1015 total…on it until 1916 - just to name a few. Franz Kafka died in a sanitarium near Vienna on June 3, 1924 at the age of 40 years and 11 months with numerous writings under his belt. It's a shame that such a man with such remarkable writings wanted to destroy his literary creations. If such a calamity did happen, as Kafka had requested on his deathbed, then the world would never know the greatness that such a mind possessed.