Renata Adler
Renata Adler
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Full Name and Common Aliases
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Renata Adler's full name is Renata Adler. She was commonly known by her maiden name, Renata Adler.
Birth and Death Dates
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Born: 1930
Died: Not deceased (still living)
Nationality and Profession(s)
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Renata Adler is an American journalist and critic of literature and film. Her work spans over six decades, with a significant focus on the intersection of art, culture, and politics.
Early Life and Background
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Renata Adler was born in 1930 in Berlin, Germany. During World War II, she fled to Switzerland with her family and later moved to the United States. She grew up in a household that valued literature and encouraged her early interest in writing.
Adler's academic background includes attending Harvard University, where she studied English literature. Her time at Harvard had a profound impact on her development as a writer and critic.
Major Accomplishments
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Renata Adler began her career in journalism in the 1950s, working for publications such as _The New Yorker_ and _The Nation_. She quickly gained recognition for her incisive critiques of literature and film. Her writing often explored the intersection of politics and culture, earning her a reputation as a pioneering critic.
Some of Adler's most notable achievements include:
Serving as the film critic for _The New York Times_
Contributing to numerous literary and cultural publications
Authoring several books on art, literature, and criticismNotable Works or Actions
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Adler has written extensively throughout her career. Some of her notable works include:
Terrorists in High Places (1973): A collection of essays exploring the relationship between politics and culture.
Reckless Disregard: Westmoreland v. CBS et al., Sharon v. Time (1986): A non-fiction book examining the intersection of law, journalism, and politics.Impact and Legacy
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Renata Adler's contributions to literature and film criticism are immeasurable. Her work has inspired a generation of writers and critics to explore the complexities of art and culture in relation to politics.
Adler's influence can be seen in her critiques of the intersection between power and media, often challenging the status quo and pushing boundaries within the literary and critical communities.
Why They Are Widely Quoted or Remembered
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Renata Adler is widely quoted and remembered for several reasons:
Her incisive critiques of literature and film have had a lasting impact on the field of criticism.
Her unwavering commitment to exploring the intersection of politics and culture has paved the way for future generations of writers and critics.
Her dedication to challenging power structures through her writing continues to inspire readers and critics alike.
Renata Adler's legacy serves as a testament to the power of critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and unflinching commitment to exposing truth.
Quotes by Renata Adler
It is always self-defeating to pretend to a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history.
The dishes that were meant to be hot were never quite as warm as those that were meant to be chilled.
I think maybe writers come from different planets. I mean, not in any sense as extravagant as Baryshnikov. But there are some writers who understand each other this way and others who understand each other that way. Then there’s this great herd, the “herd of independent minds.”
So it is to be another Christmas, then, and another New Year’s on my own. Well, it is all right. I have grown used to it, have come almost to prefer it. Those days for most adults, it is generally acknowledged, and perhaps for all but the fewest children are so grim. Along with birthdays and of course Thanksgiving, only worse. Why observe them, then, unless one is for the sake of the children, or the office, or someone else’s sake, obliged to. Well, no reason.
The roof of the front porch of the house is covered, for some reason, with moss, and also, on one side, with wisteria, which gives the house a sort of raffish Veronica Lake look, a disheveled charm.
I wonder if you know at all what is happening in my heart, what a word. I suppose you don’t. You’ve so many females, wife, sister, daughters, cousins, dog, in your life that you’ve probably confused me with them all.
But you are, you know, you were, the nearest thing to a real story to happen in my life.
That ‘writers write’ is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant. Writers phone. Writers sleep. I have met very few writers who write at all.
My father always said that it is a reasonable expectation of life that no one will go out of his way, against his own interest, to break his word or to hurt another person. And this turns out, not just in obvious cases, for example haters, pathological people and institutions, sadists, but in everyday life itself to be plain untrue. I wonder why. A reasonable expectation of life, I have found, is hardly ever quite borne out.