Michael Orthofer is the founder of the Complete Review (www.complete-review.com) and its Literary Saloon blog, where he has been reviewing books and expounding on the international literary scene since 1999. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and has served as a judge for the annual Best Translated Book Award, as well as the Austrian Cultural Forum’s ACF Translation Prize. His most recent book is Arno Schmidt: a centennial colloquy.