Title: Ein Hungerkünstler

Title: Title Record # 1268078
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1922-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: German

Note: First published in Die neue Rundschau in 1922.

Synopsis: Describes the utter consequences for one of the practitioners of the profession of hunger artists: A man who fasts for long periods of time experiences a decline in public fascination for his art.

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Year	Language	Title
unknown^ⓘTranslated by M. L. Nielsen	English	A Hunger Artist
1948^ⓘTranslated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir -- all publications in this record are assumed to be the Muir translation, and should be separated out if this is not correct	English	A Hunger Artist
1948^ⓘTranslated by Alexandre Vialatte	French	Un champion du jeûne
1977^ⓘTranslated by Harry Steinhauer	English	A Hunger Artist
1978^ⓘTranslated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir	English	A Fasting Showman
1981^ⓘTranslated by J. A. Underwood	English	A Fasting-Artist
1989^ⓘTranslated by an uncredited hand	English	A Hunger Artist
2003^ⓘ Translated by José Rafael Hernández Arias. Date of the 1st printing of Cuentos completos (Textos originales). Source.	Spanish	Un artista del hambre
2007^ⓘTranslated by Michael Hofmann	English	A Hunger-Artist
2011^ⓘTranslated by Ann Charters	English	A Hunger Artist
2011^ⓘTranslated by John Kessel	English	A Hunger Artist
2015^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	English	A Hunger Artist
2015^ⓘTranslated by Ian Johnston	English	A Hunger Artist
2024^ⓘTranslated by Mark Harman	English	A Hunger Artist

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Die neue Rundschau, Oktober 1922	1922-10-00	ed. Editors of Die neue Rundschau	S. Fischer				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
Ein Hungerkünstler^?Ein Hungerkuenstler	1924-08-15	Franz Kafka	Die Schmiede		RM 2.50	86	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Georg Salter
Ein Hungerkünstler^?Ein Hungerkuenstler	1924-08-15	Franz Kafka	Die Schmiede		RM 2.00	86	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Georg Salter
Vor dem Gesetz	1934-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Verlag (Bücherei des Schocken Verlages #19)	19	RM 1.25	80	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Erzählungen und kleine Prosa	1935-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Verlag (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #1)			280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Erzählungen und Kleine Prosa	1946-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #1)			287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
La colonie pénitentiaire et autres récits	1948-00-00	Franz Kafka	Gallimard (Du monde entier)			186	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1948-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books			320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1949-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books			320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen^?Das Urteil und andere Erzaehlungen	1952-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #19)	19	DM 1.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	201	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Erzählungen	1952-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 16.40^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	321	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka	1952-00-00	Franz Kafka	Modern Library	283	$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Selected Stories of Franz Kafka	1952-00-00	Franz Kafka	Modern Library	283	$1.45^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxii+ 328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1961-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4)		$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
La colonie pénitentiaire et autres récits^?La colonie penitentiaire et autres recits	1968-00-00	Franz Kafka	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #2442)			192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Maywald
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1969-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4)			317	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
La colonie pénitentiaire et autres récits^?La colonie penitentiaire et autres recits	1969-12-10	Franz Kafka	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #2442)			189	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Maywald
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen^?Das Urteil und andere Erzaehlungen	1970-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #19)	19	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	137	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen	1970-01-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #1078)	1078	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	406	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Complete Stories	1971-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	0-8052-3419-5		486	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces	1971-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4)		$2.45^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	317	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen	1973-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Fischer Taschenbücher^?Fischer Taschenbuecher #1078)	3-436-01062-6	DM 5.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	406	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Twelve German Novellas	1977-00-00	ed. Harry Steinhauer	University of California Press	0-520-03002-8		xxiii+ 618	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen^?Das Urteil und andere Erzaehlungen	1977-06-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Fischer Taschenbücher^?Fischer Taschenbuecher #19)	3-436-00030-2	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	137	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Franz Kafka
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories	1978-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)				tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Edvard Munch
Stories 1904-1924	1981-00-00	Franz Kafka	Macdonald & Co.	0-354-04639-X	£7.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	271	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Stories	1983-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	0-8052-3863-8	$22.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxi+ 486	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen^?Das Urteil und andere Erzaehlungen	1983-05-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Fischer Taschenbücher^?Fischer Taschenbuecher #19)	3-596-20019-3	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	137	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Franz Kafka
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories	1984-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-004441-8	£2.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	190	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Edvard Munch
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories	1987-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-004441-8	£3.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	190	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Edvard Munch
Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories	1988-00-00	ed. James H. Pickering	Macmillan	0-02-395541-4		ix+ 1533	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Tom Tomson
Fictions: Second Edition	1989-00-00	ed. C. Wade Jennings, Joseph F. Trimmer	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-527326-4		xi+ 1230	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bernard Faucon
Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka	1993-00-00	Franz Kafka	Modern Library	0-679-60061-2		xxv+ 346	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Collected Stories	1993-09-16	Franz Kafka	Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library)	1-85715-145-3		503	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen	1994-01-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Fischer Taschenbücher^?Fischer Taschenbuecher #1078)	3-596-21078-X	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	406	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Franz Kafka
Drucke zu Lebzeiten	1994-10-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-038155-6	DM 68.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	457	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ein Landarzt und andere Drucke zu Lebzeiten	1994-11-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch ( Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden^?Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwoelf Baenden #1)	3-596-12441-7	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	370+ [3]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Irina Ionesco
The Complete Stories	1995-10-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Kafka Library)	0-8052-1055-5	$15.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxi+ 486	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	1996-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-338107-7	DM 29.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	575	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	1996-08-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch	3-596-13270-3	DM 16.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	575	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Franz Kafka
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	2001-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch	3-596-13270-3		575	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Franz Kafka
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	2002-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch	3-596-50520-8	€8.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	575	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Complete Short Stories	2005-00-00	Franz Kafka	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-7493-9946-7	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	vii+ 486	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Anna Crone
Metamorphosis and Other Stories	2007-01-25	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-118812-6	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvi+ 299	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Jacob Sutton
Die Erzählungen und andere ausgewählte Prosa	2010-11-11	Franz Kafka	Fischer E-Books (Fischer Klassik Plus)	978-3-10-401089-2	€3.99^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Franz Kafka
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction	2011-00-00	ed. Ann Charters	Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press	978-0-312-59624-8		xx+ 1168	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Helen Berggruen
Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka	2011-11-01	ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel	Tachyon Publications	978-1-61696-049-0	$15.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	283	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Josh Beatman
The Complete Stories	2012-10-24	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	978-0-307-82945-0	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Cuentos completos (Textos originales)	2014-10-00	Franz Kafka	Valdemar (El Club Diógenes #204)	978-84-7702-672-3 / CD-204		662	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Alfred Kubin
Collected Stories	2015-01-28	Franz Kafka	Everyman's Library	978-0-375-71269-2	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
100 Great Short Stories	2015-02-23	ed. James Daley	Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions)	978-0-486-80328-9	$10.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
100 Great Short Stories	2015-03-18	ed. James Daley	Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions)	978-0-486-79021-3		768	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories	2015-04-30	Franz Kafka	Broadview Press	978-1-55481-224-0	C$13.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	170	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird	2023-07-27	ed. Zara-Louise Stubbs	The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird #39)	978-0-7123-5428-8	$16.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	288	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Sandra Gómez^?Sandra Gomez
Selected Stories	2024-05-21	Franz Kafka	Belknap Press / Harvard University Press	978-0-674-73798-3	$29.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvi+ 304	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Franz Kafka
Collected Stories	date unknown	Franz Kafka	Alfred A. Knopf	978-0-679-42303-4			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Art of Modern Fiction: Alternate Edition	date unknown	ed. Robert Wooster Stallman, Ray B. West, Jr.	Holt, Rinehart and Winston			x+ 463	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth

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Reviews

Review [English] by Peter Young (2015) in Big Sky, #5: Hotel Catatonia
Review by Franz Schuh (2017) in Volltext, Nr. 1/2017