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Max Brod
1884–1968
A central figure in Prague’s literary world, this prolific writer, critic, and composer is remembered above all for preserving Franz Kafka’s work and helping bring it to readers. His own life stretched from Austro-Hungarian Prague to exile in Tel Aviv, linking some of the most important cultural currents of the 20th century.
7 Audiobooks
Erstes Kapitel des Buches "Richard und Samuel" Die erste lange Eisenbahnfahrt (Prag-Zürich)
by Max Brod, Franz Kafka
Arnold Beer: Das Schicksal eines Juden
by Max Brod
Die Höhe des Gefühls: Ein Akt
by Max Brod
Adolf Schreiber : Ein Musikerschicksal
by Max Brod
Leben mit einer Göttin : Roman
by Max Brod
About the author
Born in Prague on May 27, 1884, Max Brod grew up in the city’s German-speaking Jewish community and became one of its most energetic literary voices. He wrote novels, essays, criticism, biographies, and music, and he was also deeply engaged in Jewish cultural life and Zionism.
Brod is most often associated with his close friend Franz Kafka. After Kafka’s death, Brod chose not to carry out Kafka’s request that his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed; instead, he edited and published major works that might otherwise have been lost. That decision shaped Kafka’s place in world literature and made Brod an essential figure in literary history.
He fled Nazi-occupied Europe in 1939 and settled in Tel Aviv, where he continued writing and working in cultural life until his death on December 20, 1968. Although history often places him beside Kafka, Brod was far more than a literary footnote: he was a major author and advocate in his own right, with a career spanning literature, journalism, music, and theater.