Since 1890 he was a member of the "Magyar Hírlap", and since 1882 a prolific contributor of articles, feuilletons, stories, and novels to the leading literary publications of Hungary.

In his works he depicts the dark side of life, and is a disciple of the modern French realistic school.

In 1890, Brody married Izabella Rosenfeld (1869–1908), herself an author who wrote under the pen name Judit Féher.

[2] They had five children: a daughter, Maria (1891–1899), followed by four sons, András [hu] (1892–1964), István (1894–1981), János (1898–1962), and Illés (1899–1953).

All his works have been translated into German, and many of his shorter ones have also appeared in French, English, Danish, Croatian, Romanian, and Serbian newspapers and other periodicals.