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          Leon Wieseltier

          American critic and magazine editor (born 1952)

          Leon Wieseltier

          Wieseltier in 2015

          Born (1952-06-14) June 14, 1952 (age 72)

          New York City, U.S.

          Alma mater
          Occupations
          Spouses

          • Mahnaz Ispahani

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            (m. 1985; div. 1994)​

          • Jennifer Bradley

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            (m. 2000, divorced)​
          AwardsDan David Prize (2013)

          Leon Wieseltier (; born June 14, 1952) is an American critic and magazine editor.

          From 1983 to 2014, he was the literary editor of The New Republic.

          Wieseltier is a philosopher, writer and critic.

        1. Wieseltier is a philosopher, writer and critic.
        2. Leon Wieseltier is the literary editor of The New Republic.
        3. Leon Wieseltier schools Colbert on liberalism.
        4. Arguing that.
        5. A new literary magazine, set to be run by former The New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier, has been shuttered just a week before its scheduled launch.

          6. He was a contributing editor and critic at The Atlantic until 2017, when the magazine fired him following allegations and an admission by Wieseltier of multiple instances of sexual harassment. In 2020, he became the editor of Liberties, a quarterly literary review.

          Early life and education

          Wieseltier was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Stella (Backenroth) and Ma