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.
Balint's 2018 book Kafka’s Last Trial narrates the journey of Kafka's manuscripts from Czechoslovakia to Israel's National Library.[1][5] For this work, Balint was awarded the 2020 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.[2] The book was also a finalist for the 2020 Wingate Literary Prize.[6]
Balint’s 2023 book, Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History, won the National Jewish Book Award in the Biography category.[7]
Balint was a fellow at the Hudson Institute[3][2] and Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.[2]
