Letter to His Father

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Letter to His Father is a long, unsent autobiographical letter by Franz Kafka in which he confronts and analyzes his fraught relationship with his domineering father.

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instanceOf autobiographical letter
literary work
addressesTo Hermann Kafka
author Franz Kafka
contains attempts to explain Kafka's emotional distance
criticisms of Hermann Kafka's behavior
detailed recollections of childhood experiences
reflections on Kafka's sense of inferiority
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary
dateWritten 1919
documentType personal correspondence
firstPublicationDate 1952
form unsent letter
genre autobiographical writing
epistolary literature
hasTranslation Carta al padre (Spanish translation)
Letter to His Father (English translation)
Lettera al padre (Italian translation)
Lettre au père (French translation)
influenced biographical studies of Franz Kafka
psychoanalytic readings of Kafka's work
language German
literaryPeriod early 20th century literature
literarySignificance important source for interpreting Kafka's fiction
key document for understanding Franz Kafka's life
mainSubject Franz Kafka's relationship with his father
Hermann Kafka
movement modernist literature
narrativePerspective first-person
originalTitle Brief an den Vater
placeOfOrigin Prague
posthumousPublication true
publisherOfFirstEdition Schocken Verlag
linked to: Schocken Books
relatedWork The Judgment
The Metamorphosis
The Trial
theme Jewish middle-class life in Prague
authority and domination
family dynamics
father–son conflict
fear and anxiety
guilt and shame
power imbalance
psychological trauma
self-analysis
tone accusatory
analytical
confessional
wordCountApproximate about 45 pages in length
writtenIn 1919

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Franz Kafka notableWork Letter to His Father
Hermann Kafka describedIn Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father originalTitle Brief an den Vater
linked to: Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father hasTranslation Letter to His Father (English translation)
linked to: Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father hasTranslation Lettre au père (French translation)
linked to: Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father hasTranslation Carta al padre (Spanish translation)
linked to: Letter to His Father
Letter to His Father hasTranslation Lettera al padre (Italian translation)
linked to: Letter to His Father