Daniel Medin is an editor and a Professor at the American University of Paris (AUP), where he teaches classes on contemporary world literature and editorial practice. His research is principally concerned with modern fiction from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with an emphasis on the work and global reception of Franz Kafka. He is Associate Director of AUP’s Center for Writers and Translators, and one of the editors of its Cahiers Series. He is co-editor of Music & Literature magazine, edits The White Review’s annual translation issue and was a judge for the Best Translated Book Award in 2014 and 2015, and for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015.