Nidra Poller Explained

Nidra Poller
Birth Place:Jessup, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education:University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Years Active:1966–present

Nidra Poller (born 1935) is an American author, novelist, translator and writer who has lived in Paris since 1972.[1] [2] In later years, she has also been a reporter and the Paris editor for Pajamas Media.[3] [4] [5]

Biography

Poller is Jewish,[1] [6] and was born to an observant family in Jessup, Pennsylvania.[2] She received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a Master of Arts in writing seminars from the Johns Hopkins University.[2] [7] She began her literary career in 1966 with the publication of the short story "Wedding Party in Piazza Navona" in the review Perspectives,[2] and was a professor at Federal City College, Washington, D.C., from 1969 to 1972.[7] Originally a writer of fiction and translator from French to English, she switched to journalism in 2000,[2] due to perceived French anti-Israel reactions to the Second Intifada, and later anti-Americanism following the September 11 attacks.[8]

Poller has contributed to publications such as The Wall Street Journal, National Review, FrontPage Magazine, The New York Sun, Commentary, New English Review, Middle East Quarterly, American Thinker, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel and many others.[2] As a Zionist, her writings include observations on society and politics, including a perceived strong anti-Israeli bias in France,[1] [2] [8] the Muhammad al-Durrah incident[9] [10] —a "myth" and "a crudely fabricated video" as she described it in her 2014 book about the incident,[11] and anti-Jewish violence in France[12] such as the murder of Ilan Halimi.[13] In addition to being a writer, Poller is also a novelist, author of illustrated books for youths, and a translator, notably of the philosopher, Emmanuel Levinas, her translations having been said to manage "to preserve the richness of Levinas's evocative and difficult French",[14] and which "are rendered into a very readable English".[15]

She participated in the international counter-jihad conferences in Brussels in 2007[16] [17] and in 2012,[18] and has been on the advisory board of the International Free Press Society.[19]

She has remained an American citizen ever since moving to France in 1972, and does not hold French citizenship.[20]

Bibliography

Authored books

Translated books

. Livre des Lumières. The Book of Lights. Chaim Potok. fr. Buchet-Chastel. 1985. 1981. 9782702015254. Translated with Métral, Yvette.

. Monnew: a novel. Monnè, outrages et defis. Ahmadou Kourouma. Mercury House. 1993. 1990. 9781562790271.

. Unforeseen History. Les imprévus de l'histoire. Emmanuel Levinas. University of Illinois Press. 2003. 1994. 9780252028830.

Notes and References

  1. News: American in Paris: Author no longer loves her adopted land. Alix. Wall. The Jewish News of Northern California. 3 December 2004.
  2. News: Words Of Hope For Israel And The Jewish People: An Interview With Author Nidra Poller. Wolff. Bachner. Inquisitr. 1 October 2013.
  3. 40s–50s. 49. On Wisconsin. 2007. Winter 2007. 108. 4.
  4. News: Of Victims And Virtues. Michael. Barone. CBS News. 19 April 2007.
  5. News: Battle Royal. Susan. Daniels. Slate. 23 April 2007.
  6. News: Outrage Over Special Labeling for French Passports of Jews on Aliyah; Residence Listed as ‘Israel/Palestinian Territories’. Ruthie. Blum. The Algemeiner. 8 June 2016.
  7. Web site: Nidra Poller. L'Harmattan. fr. 16 June 2024.
  8. News: Europe's Jews: An American on French Anti-Israel Bias. Manfred. Gerstenfeld. Israel National News. 21 September 2012.
  9. News: Notebook. Frank. Johnson. The Telegraph. 1 October 2005.
  10. Book: Johnson, Hannah. Blood Libel: The Ritual Murder Accusation at the Limit of Jewish History. 2012. University of Michigan. 199. 9780472118359.
  11. Book: Poller, Nidra. Al Dura: Long Range Ballistic Myth. 2014. Authorship . 9780988711952 .
  12. Book: Israeli, Raphael. Muslim Anti-Semitism in Christian Europe: Elemental and Residual Anti-Semitism. 142. 2011. Transaction. 9781412815550.
  13. News: Identity Crisis. Jonathan. Mark. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 3 March 2006.
  14. Humanism of the Other. 204-206. Lawrence. Burns. University of Illinois Press. 2006. Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review/Revue canadienne de philosophie. 47. 1. 10.1017/S0012217300002559.
  15. Unforeseen History (review). Aronowicz. Annette . 2005. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies . 23. 4. 170-172. 10.1353/sho.2005.0129.
  16. Book: Hannus, Martha. Counterjihadrörelsen– en del av den antimuslimska miljön. 66, 91. 2012. Expo Research. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20221101144939/https://expo.se/file/2254/download?token=_JSo7wjG. 1 November 2022.
  17. News: Counter Jihad Brussels: 18-19 October 2007. 20 October 2007. International Civil Liberties Alliance.
  18. Web site: Brussels 2012 Agenda. International Civil Liberties Alliance. 9 July 2012.
  19. Web site: International counter-jihad organisations. January 11, 2018. Hope not hate. https://web.archive.org/web/20240407011107/https://hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/11/what-is-counter-jihadism/. 7 April 2024. 18 June 2024.
  20. News: CRIS DE GUERRE XVII. Nidra Poller. 26-27 juin 2024. Nidra. Poller. Tribune Juive. 28 June 2024. fr.

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