Wolfram Eilenberger
German philosopher and author
Wolfram Eilenberger is a German philosopher and writer, born in 1972. His book Time of the Magicians won the Bayerischer Buchpreis in 2018.
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Born 1972 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
About Wolfram Eilenberger
Wolfram Eilenberger is a bestselling German writer and philosopher who has written on subjects ranging from everyday culture and politics to sports. Time of the Magicians first appeared in Germany in 2018 under the title Zeit der Zauberer, and it has since been translated into thirty languages. It won the Bayerischer Buchpreis (Bavarian Book Prize) in 2018 and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France in 2019. He has contributed essays and articles to publications including Die Zeit, Der Spiegel and El País. He has also taught at the University of Toronto, Indiana University Bloomington, ETH Zürich and Berlin University of the Arts. He is a program director of the philosophy festival phil.cologne and moderates the Swiss television program Sternstunde Philosophie. Outside philosophy, Eilenberger holds a football trainer's license from the German football association (DFB). He is also a regular guest on German television and radio, where he comments on soccer. He lives in Berlin with his family.