Daniel Kehlmann is a German novelist and playwright. His novel „Measuring the World" was one of the most successful German books of the post-war period and has been translated into more than 40 languages. He has been awarded the Candide Prize, the Per Olov Enquist Prize, the Kleist Prize, the Thomas Mann Prize and the Friedrich Hölderlin Prize. His novel „Tyll" was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Daniel Kehlmann is a member of the Advisory Board.