Naomi Klein | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | May 8, 1970
Occupation | Author, activist, professor |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Alma mater | St. George's School of Montreal[1] |
Period | 1999–present |
Genre | Nonfiction |
Subject | Alter-globalization, anti-war, anti-capitalism, environmentalism |
Notable works | This Changes Everything, No Logo, The Shock Doctrine |
Spouse | Avi Lewis |
Children | 1 |
Website | |
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Naomi A. Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker. She analyses politics and criticizes capitalism.[2] Since 2018, she has been a faculty member at Rutgers University; Her position there is the Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies.[3][4]
Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (2014) was a New York Times non-fiction bestseller and won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[5]
Naomi Klein has a Jewish background.