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Nidra Poller

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]

Nidra Poller
Born1935 (age 88–89)
Jessup, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Occupations
  • Author
  • translator
  • writer
  • journalist
Years active1966–present

Biography

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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,[9] 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[10][11]—a "myth" and "a crudely fabricated video" as she described it in her 2014 book about the incident,[12] and anti-Jewish violence in France[13] such as the murder of Ilan Halimi.[14] 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",[15] and which "are rendered into a very readable English".[16]

She participated in the international counter-jihad conferences in Brussels in 2007[17][18] and in 2012,[19] and has been on the advisory board of the International Free Press Society.[20]

She has remained an American citizen ever since moving to France in 1972, and does not hold French citizenship.[9]

Bibliography

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Authored books

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  • African Journals. Cherry Valley Editions. 1970.
  • Eggs as usual breakfast etc. Éditions Cimarron. 1979. ISBN 9782864360018.
  • Horse de Verve. Ouskokata. 1980. ISBN 9782864360032.
  • As-tu connu Machu Picchu? (in French). Messidor. 1984. ISBN 9782209056460.
  • Je t'en prie Grégory (in French). Le Seuil. 1993. ISBN 9782020189262.
  • Karimi Hotel & other African equations. 2013. ISBN 9781479362240.
  • Al Dura: Long Range Ballistic Myth. Authorship. 2014. ISBN 9780988711945.
  • The Black Flag of Jihad Stalks La Republique. Authorship. 2015. ISBN 9780988711969.
  • Troubled Dawn of the 21st Century. Authorship. 2017. ISBN 9780988711983.
  • So Courage & Gypsy Motion. Authorship. 2019. ISBN 9780999466742.
  • madonna madonna. Authorship. 2019. ISBN 9780999466711.

Translated books

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References

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