Franz Kafka was born in Prague in 1883. He attended German grammar school and high school, then earned a law degree in Prague. He took employment at an insurance firm, which provided him with steady income and regular hours. He began publishing in 1907, but did not publish very much during his own lifetime; most of his works were published after his death by a friend.

Information for this page was summarized from an online biographical sketch found at this University of Pittsburgh site.