Benjamin Balint

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.

[2] Balint was assistant editor for Commentary magazine.

[3] He contributes regularly to The Wall Street Journal, Die Zeit, Haaretz,[4] The Weekly Standard, and the Claremont Review of Books.

[1][5] For this work, Balint was awarded the 2020 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.