Mark Bern­heim is an emer­i­tus pro­fes­sor and jour­nal­ist with degrees in world lit­er­a­ture, and the author a biog­ra­phy of Janusz Kor­czak for young read­ers. He taught children’s lit­er­a­ture at Amer­i­can uni­ver­si­ties and abroad on Ful­bright and oth­er res­i­dences in France, Aus­tria, and Italy. He cur­rent­ly free­lances as a cul­tur­al crit­ic and book editor.