Richard Polt

Richard F. H. Polt (born 1964) is an American professor of philosophy at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago, where Leszek Kolakowski was his doctoral advisor. Polt's academic work primarily focuses on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and he has authored several books and articles on the subject, including "Heidegger on Presence," "Time and Trauma: Thinking through Heidegger in the Thirties," and "The Emergency of Being: On Heidegger's "Contributions to Philosophy."" He has also translated key works by Heidegger, such as "Introduction to Metaphysics" and "Being and Truth." In addition to his work on Heidegger, Polt is a passionate typewriter enthusiast. He authored "The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century," maintains a website dedicated to typewriters, and is a former editor of *ETCetera, The Journal of The Typewriter Collectors’ Association*. His expertise in this area led to an appearance in the 2016 documentary *California Typewriter*. Polt also runs a literary society focused on the American writer Harry Stephen Keeler. He and Gregory Fried co-edit the New Heidegger Research book series published by Bloomsbury Publishing.