Boris Buden is a writer, cultural critic, and translator. He studied philosophy in Zagreb and received his PhD in Cultural Theory from Humboldt University, Berlin. In the 1990s he was founder and editor of the magazine and publishing house Arkzin, Zagreb. Buden’s essays and articles cover topics of philosophy, politics, and cultural and art criticism. Among his translations into Croatian are some of the most important works of Sigmund Freud. He is co-editor of several books and the author of (selection): Zone des Übergangs: Vom Ende des Postkommunismus [Zone of Transition: On the End of Postcommunism] (2009); Übersetzung: Das Versprechen eines Begriffs [Translation: Promises of a Concept] (with Stefan Nowotny) (2008); and Der Schacht von Babel: Ist Kultur übersetzbar? [The Pit of Babel: Is Culture Translatable?] (2004). Buden lives and works in Berlin.
