Gert Niers Collection

Gert Niers was born in Desden, Germany. He received a Staatsexamen (the German equivalent of a master's degree) in French and German from the University of Cologne in 1971. Upon moving to New Jersey in 1971, he went to work for the Ocean County Daily Times in Lakewood. Shortly thereafter, Niers became an editor of the New Yorker Staatszeitung und Herold. Five years later, he became an editor at Aufbau.

Niers began teaching at Deutsche Sprache of Central New Jersey in 1976. He received both a master's degree and his PhD (1987) from Rutger's University. He left Aufbau in 1989 to teach French at Ocean County College in Toms River, New Jersey. From 1992 until 2006, he was a professor of Humanities and Fine Arts at Ocean County College.

His published works include: Frauen schreiben im Exil (Women Writing in Exile) (1988), Wortgrund Noch (1992), Landing Attempts (2000), and In Abwesenheit (2009).