Nidra poller biography

American writer and translator

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&#