A Hunger Artist (short story collection)

A Hunger Artist (German: Ein Hungerkünstler) is the collection of four short stories by Franz Kafka published in Germany in 1924, the last collection that Kafka himself prepared for publication. Kafka was able to correct the proofs during his final illness but the book was published by Verlag Die Schmiede several months after his death.

A Hunger Artist
1st German ed. cover
AuthorFranz Kafka
Original titleEin Hungerkünstler
TranslatorWilla and Edwin Muir
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
GenreShort stories
PublisherVerlag Die Schmiede
Publication date
1924
Published in English
1948
Media typePrint (hardback)
Original text
Ein Hungerkünstler at German Wikisource

The English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Schocken Books in 1948 in the collection The Penal Colony. All individual stories in the collection have also been translated before by various translators.

Contents

References

  • Stach, Reiner (2005). Kafka: The Decisive Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0-15-100752-7.


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