La vida de Franz Kafka By facebooker_2843376082429440 Mar 7, 1883 Franz Kafka is born 1906 Kafka completed his law degree and embarked on a year of unpaid work as a law clerk. 1907 Kafka found a job at an Italian insurance agency. 1912 Complete his best-selling book "The metamorphosis" 1915 Publishes "The metamorphosis" 1917 Kafka falls ill with tuberculosis 1922 Kafka withdraws from the insurance agency because of his illness Jun 3, 1924 Kafka dies 1925 Brod publishes The Trial 1927 The novel "Amerika" is published 1931 Brod publishes "The Great Wall of China" a book that Kafka wrote 14 years ago