Thomas Steinfeld, born in 1954 in Leverkusen, was the literary editor of the
Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung before he moved to the Süddeutsche
Zeitung, where he initially worked as editor of the literature section,
then of the culture section and finally as a correspondent in Venice. He
lectured as a professor of cultural studies at the University of Lucerne
from 2006 to 2018.
(Updated 2020)
