Franz Kafka is a/an __ writer.

Franz Kafka, (born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died June 3, 1924, Kierling, near Vienna, Austria), German-language writer of visionary fiction whose works express the anxieties and alienation felt by many in 20th-century Europe and North America.

His The Metamorphosis, a symbolic story which was published in German as Die Verwandlung in 1915.
His notable works:
- The Trial,
- The Castle,
- Amerika,
- In the Penal Colony,
- The Metamorphosis,
- Meditation,
- The Judgment,
- Description of a Struggle,
- Letter to Father.

Source: Britannica