Lea Ypi

Lea Ypi (b. Tirana, Albania - 1979) is a Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics. She studied Philosophy and Literature at Sapienza University of Rome and holds a PhD from the European University Institute. In 2022, the British magazine "Prospect" named her one of the ten greatest thinkers in the world, and "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" named her one of the most important cultural figures. Her work has won numerous awards, including the British Academy's Brian Barry Award for Excellence in Political Science.

Her book Free has been translated into more than 30 languages and won the Ondatji Prize, the Slightly Foxed First Biography Award, and was a memoir of the year by the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the New Yorker, the Financial Times, and others.