Reiner Stach

Reiner Stach, born in 1951 in Rochlitz, Saxony, studied German literature, philosophy and mathematics in Frankfurt am Main. After completing his doctorate, he worked as an academic editor and editor of nonfiction books. In 1987 he published the monograph “Kafka’s Erotic Myth.” He became particularly known for his three-volume biography of Franz Kafka: “Kafka: The Decisive Years” (2002), “Kafka: The Years of Insight” (2008) and “Kafka: The Early Years” (2014). He also published the chronicle “Kafka from Day to Day” (2018) and edited Kafka’s aphorisms with commentary. He received the Special Prize of the Heimito von Doderer Literature Prize in 2008 and the Joseph Breitbach Prize in 2016.