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Leon Wieseltier is an American literary critic, essayist, and magazine editor. He is the Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy at the Brookings Institution. He was the literary editor of The New Republic from 1983 to 2014.
Wieseltier was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents. He graduated from Harvard University in 1974 with a degree in philosophy. He then attended Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, where he earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1978.
Wieseltier has written extensively on a variety of topics, including literature, philosophy, religion, and politics. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New Republic, among other publications.
As of 2021, Leon Wieseltier's net worth is estimated to be $2 million. He has earned his wealth from his career as a literary critic, essayist, and magazine editor.
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72 years old |
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Gemini |
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14 June 1952 |
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14 June |
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New York City, U.S. |
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United States |
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Who Is Leon Wieseltier's Wife?
His wife is Mahnaz Ispahani (m. 1985-1994)
Jennifer Bradley (m. 2000)
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Mahnaz Ispahani (m. 1985-1994)
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Leon Wieseltier Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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He was a contributing editor and critic at The Atlantic until October 27, 2017, when the magazine fired him following multiple allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct.
In January 2016, it was reported that Wieseltier would be joining Laurene Powell Jobs to form a new publication devoted to exploring the effects of technology on people's lives. Powell Jobs withdrew funding for the journal on October 24, 2017 after Wieseltier admitted to sexual harassment and inappropriate advances with several former female employees. He was also fired by the Brookings Institution and is no longer an Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy.
After it was revealed on October 24, 2017 that several former employees had accused Wieseltier of sexual harassment and inappropriate advances, Wieseltier apologized to the women and admitted to "offenses against some of my colleagues in the past."
In reference to being called a "Jew-baiter" by Wieseltier, Andrew Sullivan has said, "Wieseltier is a connoisseur and cultivator of personal hatred"—referring to a dislike based on "tedious" causes that Wieseltier allegedly has held regarding him for a long time.
In 2013, he was the recipient of the Dan David Prize for being "a foremost writer and thinker who confronts and engages with the central issues of our times, setting the standard for serious cultural discussion in the United States".
Wieseltier served on the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq and was a prominent advocate of the Iraq War. "I am in no sense a neoconservative, as many of my neoconservative adversaries will attest," Wieseltier wrote in a May 2007 letter to Judge Reggie Walton, seeking leniency for his friend Scooter Libby.
Wieseltier has published several books of fiction and nonfiction. Kaddish, a National Book Award finalist in 2000, and a National Jewish Book Award winner in the Nonfiction category in 1998, is a genre-blending meditation on the Jewish prayers of mourning. Against Identity is a collection of thoughts about the modern notion of identity.
Wieseltier's first marriage to Mahnaz Ispahani in 1985 ended in divorce in 1994.
Wieseltier was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Stella (Backenroth) and Mark Wieseltier, who were Holocaust survivors from Poland. He attended the Yeshiva of Flatbush, Columbia University, Oxford University, and Harvard University. He was a member of the Harvard Society of Fellows (1979–82).
Leon Wieseltier (/ˈ v iː z əl t ɪər / ; born June 14, 1952) is an American critic and magazine editor. From 1983 to 2014, he was the literary editor of The New Republic.
