Philipp Meyer

Biography

Philipp Meyer's novel, American Rust, was an Economist Book of the Year, a Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2009, a New York Times Notable Book, A Kansas City Star Top 100 Book of 2009, and an Amazon Top 100 Book of 2009.

Philipp Meyer grew up in Baltimore, dropped out of high school, and got his GED when he was sixteen.

After spending several years working as a bike mechanic and volunteering at a trauma center in downtown Baltimore, he attended Cornell University, where he studied English.

Since graduating, Meyer has worked as a derivatives trader at UBS, a construction worker, and an EMT, among other jobs.

His writing has been published in McSweeney's, The United States of McSweeney's, The Best of McSweeney's 11-20, Esquire UK, The Iowa Review, The Independent (UK), Salon.

com, and New Stories from the South.

From 2005 to 2008 Meyer was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas.

He splits his time between Texas and upstate New York.

Country
Germany
Gender
Male
Education
Cornell University
Place of birth
New York City
Birth date
01 May 1974
Member of
Nazi Party·Bavarian Peasants' League·Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Nationality
German

  • Guggenheim Fellowship

  • The white people are crazy. They all want to be rich, same as we do, but they do not admit to themselves that you only get rich by taking things from other people.

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