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Max Brod ( Hebrew: מקס ברוד; 27 May 1884 – 20 December 1968) was a Bohemian -born Israeli author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is best remembered as the friend and biographer of writer Franz Kafka.
Nov 13, 2019 · This is an interview with Max Brod, Kafka's longtime friend and literary executor. After Kafka's death, Brod refused to comply with Kafka's instructions to b...
May 23, 2024 · Max Brod (born May 27, 1884, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died Dec. 20, 1968, Tel Aviv, Israel) was a German-language novelist and essayist known primarily as the friend of Franz Kafka and as the editor of his major works, which were published after Kafka’s death.
Max Brod was a German-speaking Czech Jewish, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is most famous as the friend and biographer of Franz Kafka. As Kafka's literary executor, Brod refused to follow the writer's instructions to burn his life's work, and had them published instead.
Max Brod was a German-speaking Czech Jewish, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is most famous as the friend and biographer of Franz Kafka. As Kafka's literary executor, Brod refused to follow the writer's instructions to burn his life's work, and had them published instead.
Max Brod (1884–1968), novelist, philosopher, and cultural critic, is most widely known as the biographer and editor of Franz Kafka (1883–1924). Although Brod grew up in Prague, he wrote in German. Brod was a Jewish communal leader and lifelong Zionist.
(1884–1968), writer and critic. Born into an assimilated German-speaking family in multiethnic, late-Habsburg Prague, Max Brod went through an ideological transformation in his youth from German liberal and Jewish assimilationist sympathies to Jewish nationalism and Zionism.
A versatile writer, novelist, playwright, poet, journalist, theatre, music and literary critic, editor and composer, translator, cultural organizer and prominent intermediary between German and Czech cultures. The best friend of Franz Kafka, whose exceptional gifts he recognized early on.
Jun 8, 2018 · Max Brod [1] (mäx brōd), 1884–1968, Israeli writer and composer, b. Prague. Brod is best known for his historical novels, written in German, notably The Redemption of Tycho Brahe [2] (1916, tr. 1928) and Reubeni, Prince of the Jews (1925, tr. 1928).
The life and work of Max Brod (1884-1968) marks various cornerstones of European-Jewish cultural history in the 20th century: On top of his contributions to literature and music – areas he was extremely successfully in as an author, critic, and mentor – he became known as a composer, politician (Zionist), and dramaturge.
