Martin Puchner

Biography

Martin Puchner is the Byron and Anita Wien Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His prize-winning books range from philosophy and the arts to technology and include the Norton Anthology of World Literature, which has brought 4000 years of literature to students across the globe; The Written World, a Wall Street Journal bestseller that has been translated into twenty-five languages; and Literature for a Changing Planet, which draws lessons from world literature for addressing climate change. His most recent book, Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop is a global history of the arts and humanities. His personalized chatbots let users converse with Socrates, the Buddha and many others. He is a member of the European Academy and has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Cullman Fellowship, the Berlin Prize, the Humboldt Prize and the Massachusetts Book Award. He writes on culture and the arts on his Substack: https://martinpuchner.substack.com.