Hunger artist
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Hunger artists or starvation artists were performers, common in Europe and America in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, who starved themselves for extended periods of time, for the amusement of
Lithograph by Moriz Jung, 1907, "Variety Act 3- 132nd Day of Fasting, A. Lucci the Famous Hunger Artist"
Franz Kafka
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Franz Kafka was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements
Hunger artist
…to 40 days. Several hunger artists were found to have cheated during their performances. The phenomenon has been relayed to modern audiences through Franz Kafka's 1922 short story "A Hunger Artist", contained in the collection of the same name. Hunger artists should be distinguished from two other phenomena of…
Kafka in 1923
Kafka at about ten with his sisters Valli (left) and Elli (center)
Kinský Palace where Kafka attended gymnasium and his father owned a shop
Former home of the Worker's Accident Insurance Institute