Leon Wieseltier
Leon Wieseltier (born June 14, 1952 in Brooklyn ) is an American journalist .
Life
Wieseltier attended the yeshiva in Flatbush , where he received a Zionist education. He studied at Columbia University , Oxford University and Harvard University , from 1979 to 1982 he was a member of Harvard's Society of Fellows .
Wieseltier wrote poetry and non-fiction books. His book Kaddish received particular public attention in 2000 and became a finalist at the National Book Award . He posthumously edited essays by Lionel Trilling and translated poetry by Yehuda Amichai into English, which he had published in The New Republic and The New Yorker . Wieseltier had been a member of The New Republic's editorial team since 1979 and became its literary editor in 1983 . In 2014 he left the magazine. His high-profile articles sparked more debates among the American and Israeli public. In 2010 he co-founded the Jewish Review of Books . In 2013 he received the Dan David Prize together with Michel Serres .
Wieseltier was the companion of choreographer Twyla Tharp for four years .
Fonts (selection)
- Kaddish. From the American by Friedrich Griese. Hanser, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-44-619944-6 .
- Against identity. W. Drenttel, New York 1996.
- Peace through deterrence. Strategic considerations for preventing nuclear war. Goldmann, Munich 1984.
- Which does not have to be done. Israel, Palestine and the return of the binational imagination. In: Ernst Piper (Ed.): Theodor Herzl. The Jewish State: Attempting a Modern Solution to the Jewish Question. Texts and materials from 1896 to the present day. Philo, Berlin 2004, pp. 225-236, first in 2003 in The New Republic .
Web links
- Literature by and about Leon Wieseltier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Leon Wieseltier at perlentaucher.de
- Leon Wieseltier: The State of Israel 'My Promised Land,' by Ari Shavit , The New York Times Book Review , November 24, 2013
- Diaa Hadid: Saying Kaddish for the Jewish state? , The Times of Israel , June 11, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ A Eulogy for The New Republic
- ↑ Richard C. Schneider : You probably do not know Leon Wieseltier ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , studio-tel-aviv, June 11, 2013
- ^ Leon Wieseltier to be awarded 2013 Dan David Prize , Jerusalem Post , September 6, 2013
- ^ Marcia B. Siegel: Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance . ew York: St. Martin's Press, 2006, p. 246
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wieseltier, Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |