One does not love one's children just because they are one's children, but because of the friendship formed while raising them. (Gabriel Garcia Marques)
Franz Kafka (* July 3, 1883 in Prag, Austria (today Czech Republic); † June 3, 1924 in Kierling/Vienna) was one of the major novelists and short story writers of the 20th century, whose unique body of writing has become iconic in Western literature.