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| Born | (1963-11-21)November 21, 1963 (age 62) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (BA) |
| Political party | Republican(before 2016) Independent(2016–present)[1] |
| Awards | Eric Breindel Award |
Jay Nordlinger (born November 21, 1963) is an American conservative commentator. He is a former senior editor ofNational Review, and a book fellow of the National Review Institute.[2] He is also a music critic forThe New Criterion andThe Conservative.[3][4]
In the 1990s, Nordlinger worked forThe Weekly Standard magazine. In the 2000s, he was music critic for theNew York Sun.
Nordlinger grew up inAnn Arbor, Michigan, which he has called a "Citadel of the Left". His father worked in the education sector and his mother was an artist. He graduated from theUniversity of Michigan.[4]
Since 2002, he has hosted a series of public interviews at theSalzburg Festival. WithMona Charen, he hosted theNeed to Know podcast, and he also hosts a podcast called "Q&A." In 2011, he filmedThe Human Parade,with Jay Nordlinger, a TV series of hour-long interviews with personalities.[citation needed]
In 2007, National Review Books publishedHere, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger, comprising 100 pieces on various subjects.[5] In 2012, Encounter Books publishedPeace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World.[6] In 2015, Encounter Books publishedChildren 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,Digging In: Further Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger. He leftNational Review in May 2025.[8]
In 2001, Nordlinger received theEric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism,[9] a now defunct annual award given byNews Corporation, in honor of the late editorial-page editor of theNew York Post. It was to be awarded to a journalist whose writing demonstrated "love of country and its democratic institutions" and "bears witness to the evils oftotalitarianism."
Nordlinger is a fan of theDetroit Pistons, and lives inNew York City.[10]
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