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Jay Nordlinger
Nordlinger in 2015
Born (1963-11-21) November 21, 1963 (age 60)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Political partyRepublican (before 2016)
Independent (2016–present)[1]
AwardsEric Breindel Award

Jay Nordlinger (born November 21, 1963) is an American journalist. He is a senior editor of National Review, and a book fellow of the National Review Institute.[2] He is also a music critic for The New Criterion and The Conservative.[3][4]

In the 1990s, Nordlinger worked for The Weekly Standard magazine. In the 2000s, he was music critic for the New York Sun.

Early life

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Nordlinger grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which he refers to as a left-leaning "Citadel of the Left," and opines about in his political columns. His father worked in the education sector and his mother was an artist. He graduated from the University of Michigan.[4]

Career

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Since 2002, he has hosted a series of public interviews at the Salzburg Festival. With Mona Charen, he hosted the Need to Know podcast, and he also hosts a podcast called "Q&A." In 2011, he filmed The Human Parade, with Jay Nordlinger, a TV series bringing hour-long interviews with various personalities.[citation needed]

In 2007, National Review Books published Here, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger, comprising some 100 pieces on various subjects.[5] In 2012, Encounter Books published Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World.[6] In 2015, Encounter Books published Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators.[7] In 2016, National Review Books published a second anthology of Nordlinger's essays and articles, titled Digging In: Further Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger.

Awards

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In 2001, Nordlinger received the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism,[8] a now defunct annual award at one time given by News Corporation, in honor of the late editorial-page editor of NYPost. It was meant awarded to a journalist whose writing demonstrated "love of country and its democratic institutions" and "bears witness to the evils of totalitarianism."

Personal life

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Nordlinger is a fan of the Detroit Pistons, and lives in New York City.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "The Shock of Disaffiliation: On Leaving the Republican Party". National Review. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  2. ^ "Jay Nordlinger Archive - National Review Online". National Review Online. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "Welcoming two newcomers On a pair of publications that will ponder the political puzzles of our day". The New Criterion. March 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Lamb, Brian (2015). "Q&A with Jay Nordlinger". C-SPAN.org.
  5. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (January 1, 2007). Here, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger (1st ed.). New York: National Review Books. ISBN 9780975899823.
  6. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (March 27, 2012). Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World (1st ed.). New York: Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594035982.
  7. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (September 22, 2015). Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators. Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594038150.
  8. ^ "Eric Breindel Journalism Awards". Archived from the original on April 1, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
  9. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (May 5, 2020). "Our nasty Egyptian ally, &c". National Review. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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