Thomas Meyer
Thomas Meyer, born in 1966, studied in Munich and was awarded his doctorate there in 2003 and his habilitation five years later. He also worked as a banker for many years. After his habilitation, he taught and worked at numerous universities and research institutions in Germany and abroad. In 2020, he was appointed professor at LMU Munich.
In 2005, his highly acclaimed biography of Cassirer was nominated for the Leipzig Book Prize. Meyer's twelve-volume study edition of Hannah Arendt's works has been published by Piper Verlag in Munich since October 2020. In September 2023, also with Piper, he published Hannah Arendt. Die Biografie. The book became a SPIEGEL bestseller, as did the essay he had previously edited, Die Freiheit, frei zu sein (2018).