Benjamin Moser is an American writer and translator.
Benjamin Moser is the author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector and the Series Editor of the New Directions translations of Clarice Lispector. He is a Contributing Editor to Harper's Magazine, a member of the board of the National Book Critics Circle, and a regular contributor to publications including The New York Review of Books and Condé Nast Traveler. He has published translations from the Dutch, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, and speaks six languages in addition to these. Born in Houston, he lives in the Netherlands.
Near to the Wild Heart
A Breath of Life
Água Viva
The Passion According to G.H.
The Hour of the Star
photo credit: Márcio Lima
“One of the most audacious and affecting works of fiction I've ever read. ”
— Ben Fountain, Barnes & Noble Review on Clarice Lispector's The Hour of the Star
