Philip Boehm (b. 1958 in Texas) is an American translator of German and Polish literary works, playwright, and theater director. He studied at Wesleyan University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the State Academy of Theater in Warsaw, Poland. His translations include works by Franz Kafka, Christoph Hein, Peter Schneider, Herta Muller, and Hanna Krall. In 2004, Boehm received a PEN Translation Fund Grant for his translation of Christoph Hein's Settlement and the Texas Institute of Letters Award for his translation of Stefan Chwin's Death in Danzig. In 2007, he received the Ungar Translation Award from the American Translators Association. Boehm has also been awarded honors from the U.K. Society of Authors, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Austrian Ministry of Culture. As for his work in theater, Boehm founded Upstream Theater, a professional production company dedicated to bringing international plays to St. Louis, Missouri; has directed performances in Poland and Slovakia; and has written many plays, including Mixtitlan, Soul of a Clone, Alma enventa, The Death of Atahualpa, and Return of the Bedbug.