She and her self-founded publishing, Peirene Press, have received multiple award nominations and accolades from notable European news agencies.
Ziervogel's family, notably her parents and grandparents, were displaced from their home in modern-day Poland, due to the political climate during World War II .
In 2008 she founded Peirene Press, an award-winning independent UK publishing house specialising in contemporary European fiction in English translation.
[5] In 2012 Meike was voted as one of Britain's 100 most innovative and influential people in the creative and media industries for the hClub 100 list devised by Time Out London and the Hospital Club.
[1][7] As of March, 2022, she stepped down as director of Peirene Press, following seven International Booker Prize nominations under her leadership, to focus more on her non-profit work with Alsama.