Lea Ypi (Tirana, 1979) is an Albanian writer and university professor. She teaches political theory at the London School of Economics. In 2022, the British magazine Prospect named her one of the ten best thinkers in the world, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung named her one of the most important cultural figures. She has published numerous works in the field of political theory. For her biographical book, Slobodna , she won the prestigious Ondaatje and Slightly Foxed awards, and was shortlisted for the Costa Prize in the biography category. Slobodna has been translated into more than twenty languages.