Max Brod

Max Brod is one of literary history's great quiet heroes, and I admire him enormously. He was a genuine talent in his own right, a novelist, composer and pianist, yet he is remembered chiefly for refusing to burn Franz Kafka's manuscripts as his friend had asked. Without that single act of loyal disobedience, we would have no Trial, no Castle, no Metamorphosis. What moves me is his willingness to serve another man's genius rather than guard his own legacy. To champion a friend's brilliance over your own name takes a rare and generous kind of greatness.

Name (English)

Max Brod

Name (Japanese)

マックス・ブロート

Reading

まっくす・ぶろーと

Born

May 27, 1884 – December 20, 1968

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Prague, Czech Republic

Occupation

linguist / composer / pianist / novelist / translator

University

Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague

Awards & achievements

• 1948 Bialik Prize
• 1964 Willibald-Pirckheimer-Medaille
• 1965 Honorary Award of the Heinrich Heine Society

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Brod
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28480

Tags

• linguist
• composer
• pianist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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