Eliot Weinberger

Eliot Weinberger (born February 6, 1949, in New York City) is an American writer, essayist, editor, and translator known for his experimental literary essays blending history and myth, and his critical political articles on American foreign policy, such as 'What I Heard About Iraq.' He has translated major works by Octavio Paz, Jorge Luis Borges, and Bei Dao, earning awards like the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and Mexico's Order of the Aztec Eagle, with his writings published in over 30 languages.[1][2][3][5]