Edward Baron Turk (born September 29, 1946)[1] is a multiple prize-winning American author, arts critic, and educator.

As part of a public celebration honoring his career in October 2011, he delivered a talk titled "Valedictory Thoughts of an MIT Humanist," in which he described the importance of a deep engagement with the liberal arts in light of the increasingly market-driven turn of pre-professional undergraduate education.

From 2006 through 2013, he wrote in-depth chronicles of the Avignon Theatre Festival for each October issue of The French Review.

Prize, Le Prix du Syndicat de la Critique du cinéma pour le meilleur livre étranger [French Film Critics Association Prize for best book of the year by a foreign author].

Awarded insignia by France's Ministry of Education as Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques