Franz Kafka 
A Hunger Artist 

A Hunger Artist  (German:
Ein Hungerkünstler) is a short story by Franz Kafka first published in 
Die neue Rundschau in 1922. The story was also included in the collection 
A Hunger Artist (
Ein Hungerkünstler), the last book Kafka prepared for publication, printed by 
Verlag Die Schmiede after Kafka’s death. The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is an archetypical creation of Kafka: an individual marginalized and victimized by society at large. The title of the story has been translated also to
A Fasting Artist  and
A Starvation Artist .