when was the metamorphosis written
For the biological process, see Metamorphosis. For other uses, see Metamorphosis (disambiguation) . The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world.