Ross Benjamin is an American translator of German literature and a 2015

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. He has won the

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for his translation of Michael Maar's ''Speak, Nabokov''. He also received a commendation from the judges of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for his translation of Thomas Pletzinger's ''Funeral for a Dog''. He is a graduate of

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and a former Fulbright scholar. 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 German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Part ...

* ''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 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 '' Job'' ...

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

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

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* ''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 Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German-Peruvian mammalogist and biologist. In 1971, when she was 17 years old, Koepcke survived the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash. After falling while ...

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

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'' 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 German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

References

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