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My Take
Snyder is, to me, the historian who refuses to leave the past in the past. Born in 1969 in Dayton, Ohio, schooled at Brown, and a Hannah Arendt Prize laureate, he writes about Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust with a moral urgency that most academics keep at arm's length. Bloodlands is a monument of grim scholarship, but On Tyranny is the one I press on people: twenty lessons distilled into a book you can finish in an hour and think about for years. What I value is his refusal to be merely a scholar; he treats history as a warning system. He's a fighter with footnotes.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Timothy Snyder
- Name (Japanese)
- ティモシー・スナイダー
- Reading
- てぃもしー・すないだー
- Born
- August 18, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
- Origin
- Dayton, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- historian / writer / literary critic / university teacher / political scientist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Centerville High School
- University
- Brown University
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Hannah Arendt Prize
- 2011 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
- Marshall Scholarship
- Antonovych prize
- 2003 George Louis Beer Prize
- 2012 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding
- 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2018 Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America | — | |
| Notable work | Bloodlands | — | |
| Notable work | On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | — |
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Timothy Snyder born?
Born August 18, 1969 (age 56).
Where is Timothy Snyder from?
Timothy Snyder is from Dayton, Ohio, United States.
What does Timothy Snyder do?
Timothy Snyder works as historian, writer, literary critic, university teacher, political scientist.
What is Timothy Snyder known for?
Notable works include The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, Bloodlands, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.