Ross Benjamin is an American translator of

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and a 2015

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. His most recent translation is ''The Diaries'' of Franz Kafka. He has won the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for his translation of Michael Maar's ''Speak, Nabokov''. He also received a commendation from the judges of the

Schlegel-Tieck Prize The Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation is a literary translation award given by the Society of Authors in London. Translations from the German original into English are considered for the prize. The value of the prize is £3,000, while t ...

for his translation of Thomas Pletzinger's ''Funeral for a Dog''. He is a graduate of

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...

and a former

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. His translation of

Daniel Kehlmann Daniel Kehlmann (; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.2020 International Booker Prize. Benjamin has written for the ''

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'', ''

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'', etc. He lives in

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. The

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referred to Benjamin as a "comic virtuoso" for his work on '' Tyll'' by

Daniel Kehlmann Daniel Kehlmann (; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.Reference 1
/ref> He is the son of attorney Jeff Benjamin and LCSW Betsy Benjamin.

Translations

* ''Speak, Nabokov'' by Michael Maar * ''Funeral for a Dog'' by Thomas Pletzinger * '' Hyperion'' by

Friedrich Hölderlin Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (, ; ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a Germans, German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticis ...

* ''Close to Jedenew'' by Kevin Vennemann * '' Job: The Story of a Simple Man'' by

Joseph Roth Moses Joseph Roth (2 September 1894 – 27 May 1939) was an Austrian-Jewish journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga '' Radetzky March'' (1932), about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, his novel of Jewish life ...

* ''The Frequencies'' by Clemens J. Setz (

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Literature Fellowship) * ''And Then Life Happens: A Memoir'' by

Auma Obama Rita Auma Obama (born 1960) is a Kenyan-British community activist, Sociology, sociologist, journalist, author, and half-sister of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. Obama serves as the Chairperson, executive chairwoman of S ...

* ''The Cusanus Game'' by

Wolfgang Jeschke Wolfgang Jeschke (19 November 1936 – 10 June 2015) was a German science fiction author and editor at Heyne Verlag. In 1987, he won the Harrison Award for international achievements in science fiction. Biography Jeschke was born in 1936 in D� ...

* ''The Lone Assassin'' by * ''When I Fell from the Sky'' by

Juliane Koepcke Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats. She is the daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and sole survivor of the 1971 LANSA Flight 508 crash. ...

* ''War Games: A History of War on Paper'' by Philipp von Hilgers * ''We Are All Stardust'' by Stefan Klein * ''Indigo'' by Clemens J. Setz *''

You Should Have Left ''You Should Have Left'' is a 2020 American psychological horror film written and directed by David Koepp, based on the 2017 book by Daniel Kehlmann. It stars Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried. Jason Blum served as a producer through his Blumhou ...

'' by

Daniel Kehlmann Daniel Kehlmann (; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.Tyll'' by

Daniel Kehlmann Daniel Kehlmann (; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

* ''The Director'' by

Daniel Kehlmann Daniel Kehlmann (; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American translators German–English translators Vassar College alumni