| Sex or gender | male  |
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| Country of citizenship | Cisleithania, Czechoslovakia  |
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| Name in native language | Franz Kafka  |
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| Birth name | Franz Kafka  |
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| Given name | Franz  |
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| Family name | Kafka  |
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| IPA transcription | ˌfʁant͡s ˈkafka  |
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| Date of birth | 3 July 1883  |
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| Place of birth | Prague  |
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| Date of death | 3 June 1924  |
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| Place of death | Kafka Sterbehaus  |
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| Manner of death | natural causes  |
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| Cause of death | laryngeal tuberculosis, starvation  |
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| Place of burial | New Jewish Cemetery, Grave of Franz Kafka  |
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| Father | Hermann Kafka  |
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| Mother | Julie Löwy  |
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| Sibling | Elli Kafka, Valli Kafka, Ottla Kafka  |
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| Spouse | no value  |
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| Unmarried partner | Dora Diamantová  |
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| Child | no value  |
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| Significant person | Robert Klopstock, Felice Bauer  |
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| Native language | German, Czech  |
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| Languages spoken, written or signed | German, Czech  |
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| Writing language | German  |
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| Field of work | literature, Prague German Literature  |
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| Employer | Assicurazioni Generali, Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt  |
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| Educated at | German University in Prague, Charles University, philosophy faculty of the German university of Prague, Faculty of Law, German University in Prague  |
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| Student of | Friedrich Thieberger  |
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| Residence | Prague  |
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| Work period (start) | 1904  |
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| Lifestyle | vegetarianism  |
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| Ethnic group | Ashkenazi Jews  |
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| Medical condition | tuberculosis  |
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| Last words | Tue-moi ou tu es un assassin !  |
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| List of works | Franz Kafka bibliography  |
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| Notable work | The Metamorphosis, The Trial, The Castle, Before the Law, Lost in America  |
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| Archives at | Bodleian Library  |
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| Has works in the collection | Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam  |
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| Movement | modernist literature, existentialism  |
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| Genre | modernism, belletristic literature, short story, pritcha, flash fiction  |
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| Influenced by | Heinrich von Kleist, Gustave Flaubert, Robert Walser  |
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| Time period | 20th century  |
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| Official website |  |
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| Copyright status as a creator | copyrights on works have expired  |
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| Documentation files at | SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts  |
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