Benjamin Moser

**Benjamin Moser** is the author of [*Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector*](https://falcon-point-rcjd.squarespace.com/books/why-this-world), a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award and a *New York Times* Notable Book of 2009. For his work bringing Clarice Lispector to international prominence, he received Brazil’s first [State Prize for Cultural Diplomacy](https://www.ndbooks.com/author/benjamin-moser/). He won a [Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017](https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/benjamin-moser/)*,* and [*Sontag: Her Life and Work*](https://falcon-point-rcjd.squarespace.com/books/sontag) won the Pulitzer Prize in 2020. [*The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters*](https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Down-World-Meetings-Dutch-Masters/dp/1324092254/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0) appeared in 2023. He completed *Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History* at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library.   <https://www.benmoser.com/bio>