Timothy D. Snyder

Timothy D. Snyder is an award-winning author who has written a variety of works about history, politics and the human condition. Snyder is a historian who received his doctorate from the University of Oxford and currently serves as Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is the author of 15 works, both fiction and non-fiction. His most famous work is Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, which won the Takeyama Prize and the Hannah Arendt Prize in Political Thought and has been translated into over a dozen languages.

Snyder's works focus on the past and the implications of our present and future actions. His works often have political, historical, or moral implications, and Snyder is adept at crafting thought-provoking and stimulating works about a wide range of topics. His works often question how our present action can shape our future, and how the past can inform our decisions and our understanding of the world.

Snyder's most commonly-read work is Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, which was published in 2010. The work examines the crimes against humanity perpetuated by both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia in Central and Eastern Europe between 1933 and 1945. In addition to examining multiple facets of the political situation and the resultant deaths of millions of people, Snyder also examines how a shared history of suffering can unify or divide people and how political decisions have long-term consequences. The work was well-reviewed and has been translated into 17 languages.

The Christian Science Monitor hailed the book as "a work of extraordinary moral power.” In 2011, it won the Society for Military History’s Fletcher Pratt Award and the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding. The book also won the Takeyama Prize and the Hannah Arendt Prize in Political Thought in 2012.

In addition to Bloodlands, Snyder is the author of 13 other works, four of which are non-fiction. His other works include The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of A Habsburg Archduke, which examines the history of Archduke Wilhelm von Teupritz, The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999, which discusses the history of Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania and Belarus, Sketches from a Secret War: A Polish Artist's Mission to Liberate Soviet Ukraine, and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from The Twentieth Century. These works examine a variety of topics, including fascism, economic inequality, and national identity.

Timothy D. Snyder is one of the foremost minds in the field of history and politics and is widely respected for his intelligence and insights. His works are thought-provoking and daring and can provide an excellent lens through which to view current and past political phenomena. Through his works, Snyder has provided thousands of readers with an understanding of why and how our decisions determine our future and how each of us can affect the present for a better tomorrow.