Benjamin Balint Explained

Occupation:	Author, journalist, educator, and translator
Nationality:	American-Israeli
Awards:	Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature (2020)

Benjamin Balint (born 1976) is an American-Israeli author, journalist, educator, and translator.  His 2018 book Kafka's Last Trial, which explores the literary legacy of Franz Kafka,^[1] won the 2020 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.

Writing career

Balint was assistant editor for Commentary magazine.^[2] He contributes regularly to The Wall Street Journal, Die Zeit, Haaretz,^[3] The Weekly Standard, and the Claremont Review of Books.

His 2018 book Kafka’s Last Trial narrates the journey of Kafka's manuscripts from Czechoslovakia to Israel's National Library.^[4] For this work, Balint was awarded the 2020 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.^[5] The book was also a finalist for the 2020 Wingate Literary Prize.^[6]

Balint was a fellow at the Hudson Institute and Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

Personal life

Balint lives in Jerusalem.^[7]

Bibliography

• Book: Balint . Benjamin . Running Commentary: The Contentious Magazine That Transformed the Jewish Left Into the Neoconservative Right . 2010 . PublicAffairs . 978-1586487492 .
• Book: Balint . Benjamin . Kafka's Last Trial: The Strange Case of a Literary Legacy . 2018 . New York. Pan Macmillan. 9781324001317.
• Book: Mack . Merav . Balint . Benjamin . Jerusalem: City of the Book . May 14, 2019 . Yale University Press . 9780300222852.
• Book: Balint . Benjamin . Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History . 2023 . W. W. Norton & Company . 9780393866575.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kafka Esq. – In conversation with Benjamin Balint. The Jerusalem Post . 2020-05-13 . September 1, 2019 . Susan . Goodman.
2. News: Linker . Damon . Turning Right . The New York Times . July 30, 2010.
3. Web site: Benjamin Balint. haaretz.com. 28 April 2016 . 2020-05-13.
4. Web site: Kafka's Last Trial by Benjamin Balint – review. January 8, 2019. The Guardian. en. 2020-05-13. Tim. Adams.
5. News: Oster . Marcy . Benjamin Balint wins 2020 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for Kafka book . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . May 11, 2020.
6. Web site: 2020 Wingate Literary Prize. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140927003246/http://www.wingatefoundation.org.uk:80/literary_prize.php . 2014-09-27 .
7. Web site: Benjamin Balint. Tablet Magazine. en. 2020-05-13.