''A Hunger Artist'' () is the collection of four short stories by

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

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. The English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by

Schocken Books Schocken Books is a book publishing imprint of Penguin Random House that specializes in Jewish literary works. Originally established in 1931 by Salman Schocken as Schocken Verlag in Berlin, the company later moved to Israel and then the Unit ...

in 1948 in the collection '' The Penal Colony''. All individual stories in the collection have also been translated before by various translators.

* "Erstes Leid" (" First Sorrow") * "Eine kleine Frau" (" A Little Woman") * "Ein Hungerkünstler" (" A Hunger Artist") * "Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse" (

Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk" (German: "Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse") is the last short story written by Franz Kafka. It deals with the relationship between an artist and her audience. The story was included in the ...

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* 1924 short story collections Books published posthumously Short story collections by Franz Kafka Schocken Books books {{1920s-story-collection-stub

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