Philip Boehm has trans­lat­ed more than thir­ty nov­els and plays by Ger­man and Pol­ish writ­ers, includ­ing Her­ta Müller, Franz Kaf­ka, and Han­na Krall. For these trans­la­tions, he has received numer­ous awards, includ­ing NEA and Guggen­heim fel­low­ships and most recent­ly the Helen and Kurt Wolff Trans­la­tor’s Prize. He also works as a the­ater direc­tor and playwright.