!!!Brod, Max

b. Prague (Czech Republic), May 27, 1884, 
d. Tel Aviv (Israel), Dec. 20, 1968, narrative writer, dramatist, 
philosopher, also music and theatre critic and composer, 1939 
emigrated to Israel, dramatic adviser of the "Habimah" in Tel Aviv. 
Discoverer and friend of F.  Kafka ; interpreted his work and edited 
his posthumous writings. His own extensive literary work focuses on 
the struggle for Jewish identity.

!Works
Novels: Schloss Nornepygge, 1908; trilogy "Kampf um Wahrheit" 
(Tycho Brahes Weg zu Gott, 1915; Reubeni, Fuerst der Juden, 1925; 
Galilei in Gefangenschaft, 1948); Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt, 
1927; Stefan Rott oder Das Jahr der Entscheidung, 1931; Annerl, 1936; 
Der Meister, 1951; Armer Cicero, 1955; Mira, 1958. - Streitbares 
Leben, 1960 (autobiography). -Treatises: Heidentum, Christentum, 
Judentum, 2 vols., 1921; F. Kafka, 1937; Diesseits und Jenseits, 3 
vols., 1947/48; F. K. Glauben und Lehre, 1948; Der Prager Kreis, 
1966. - M. B. - F. Kafka - eine Freundschaft, Briefwechsel, 1989.

!Literature
M. B. 1884-1984, ed. by. M. Pazi, 1987; C. E. 
Boersch, M. B. im Kampf um das Judentum, 1992.



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