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Nina Willner | |
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| Born | 1961 Kansas |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | James Madison University |
| Genre | narrative nonfiction, memoir |
| Website | |
| http://ninawillner.com/ | |
Nina Willner (born 1961) is an American author best known for Forty Autumns, an internationally published Cold War narrative nonfiction family memoir, published in 2016 by HarperCollins William Morrow.
Early Life and Education[edit]
Willner was born in Kansas, and was raised in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and Tokyo, Japan. Her mother, Hanna Willner, a teacher and writer, escaped from East Germany during the Cold War. Her father, Eddie Willner, was a German Jewish Auschwitz and Buchenwald survivor and later, a U.S. Army major. Willner has five siblings.[1] She graduated from James Madison University in Virginia and attended Moscow State University in Russia.
Career[edit]
Willner is a former U.S. Army intelligence officer who served in Berlin during the Cold War.[2] Following a career in intelligence, she worked in the fields of human rights, rule of law, education, and for women’s and children’s charities. She has spent almost three decades living abroad and working in a variety of positions in the U.S. Government, non-profit and humanitarian outreach programs in Moscow, Prague, Minsk, Ottawa, Berlin and Istanbul.
Personal Life[edit]
Willner is married and has three children. She lives in Istanbul, Turkey and Washington, D.C.
Willner is also a runner, an artist, and speaks Russian, German and French.
Work[edit]
Willner’s book, Forty Autumns, chronicles her family’s journey through forty years of forced separation during the Cold War. Willer researched and wrote the book while living abroad in Central and Eastern Europe and in Canada.
Reception[edit]
Forty Autumns has been praised by Library Journal.[3] Willner’s story has been featured on CNN iReport.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Willner, Nina (19 September 2015). "Eddie Willner: A Survivor". USO. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Willner, Nina (8 November 2014). "Forty Autumns: After the Fall". CNN iReport. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Hoffert, Barbara (15 May 2016). "Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain". Library Journal. 141 (9): 49. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Willner, Nina (8 November 2014). "Forty Autumns: After the Fall". CNN iReport. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
External links[edit]
Official author website
Facebook author page
Author Twitter
Publisher page
Category:American writers Category:1961 births Category:Living people