Two Cool Events in NYC Not To Miss
The NYPL's "LIVE" series presents, BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE with a stunning line-up of authors: Annie Proulx, Olivier Rolin, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Catherine Millet & Paul Holdengraber, moderator. And PUBLIC LIVES-PRIVATE LIVES from the PEN Society's "International Voices Festival". This year’s theme couldn't be more timely. How do we draw a line between our private and public selves? When must we tell private stories for the public good? How, as readers, writers, and citizens, do we confront threats to our privacy? What is still considered private in the Internet age? Do we need to redefine the meaning of public and private in the 21st century? The writers in this year’s Festival will mine this rich theme in a variety of literary conversations, panels, readings, and performances. Links and details inside.
April 24, 2008 —
NYPL LIVE SERIES
What is it about the reading experience that leaves such a powerful and lasting impression—particularly in the minds of future writers themselves?
Authors from the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East—Annie Proulx, Olivier Rolin, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, Antonio Muñoz Molina, and Catherine Millet—discuss the books that have touched and altered their lives, the books they continue to carry with them around the world, and the feelings of true discovery and passion these works inspired. Paul Holdengräber, director of The New York Public Library’s Public Programs, leads the discussion.
About Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
Huda Saleh Yousef Al-Mohaimeed was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and has published several novels and short story collections in Arabic. In 2008 his debut novel,
Wolves of the Crescent Moon, became his first book to be published outside of the Middle East. Al-Mohaimeed was presented with an award by Diwan al Arab magazine and the Egyptian Journalists Union in recognition of his creative contribution to Arab culture in 2004.
About Catherine Millet
Catherine Millet is the author of the memoir
The Sexual Life of Catherine M. She is also an art critic, curator, and the founder and editor of modern art magazine
Art Press. She published
Dali et Moi in 2005. The English translation is to be published by Scheidegger & Spiess.
About Antonio Muñoz Molina
Antonio Muñoz Molina was born in Spain. He is the author of 13 novels, among them
Sepharad, the English translation of which won the 2004 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. His other novels include
Beatus Ille,
El Jinete Polaco,
Prince of Shadows, and
Winter in Lisbon. His most recent book is an evocation of New York City entitled
Ventanas de Manhattan. He has twice been awarded Spain’s Premio Nacional de Literatura.
About Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx did not start writing until her late 50s. Since then she has received many literary awards, including the PEN-Faulkner Award, the Dos Passos Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the
Irish Times International Prize for her novels and short stories. A new collection of short stories,
Fine Just the Way It Is, will be published in 2008.
About Olivier Rolin
Olivier Rolin was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, and spent his childhood in Senegal. Rolin has published works in fiction and non-fiction and wrote for the French daily
Liberation and the weekly
Nouvel Observateur. He is an editor for the French publisher
Le Seuil and for the magazine
Le Meilleur des mondes. His work is filled with references to May 1968 and the proletarian left while his many travels around the world make up the core of his non-fiction work. Rolin won the literay prize Prix Femina for his book
Port-Soudan and
Tigre en papier was nominated for the 2003 Goncourt prize.
About Paul Holdengräber
Paul Holdengräber is the Director of Public Programs—now known as "LIVE from the NYPL"—for The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library.
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PUBLIC LIVES-PRIVATE LIVES
Festival Participants
André Aciman
(Egypt/U.S.)
Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
(Saudi Arabia/Lebanon)
Carmen Boullosa
(Mexico/U.S.)
Coral Bracho
(Mexico)
Ian Buruma
(Netherlands/U.S./U.K.)
Peter Carey
(Australia/U.S.)
Tina Chang
(U.S.)
Juan de Recacoechea
(Bolivia)
Umberto Eco
(Italy)
Asli Erdogan
(Turkey)
Jeffrey Eugenides
(U.S.)
Nuruddin Farah
(Somalia/South Africa)
Alexandra Fuller
(U.S.)
John Giorno
(U.S.)
Xiaolu Guo
(China)
Yael Hedaya
(Israel)
Sebastian Horsley
(U.K.)
Chenjerai Hove
(Zimbabwe/Norway)v
Uzodinma Iweala
(Nigeria/U.S.)
Rian Malan
(South Africa)
Colum McCann
(Ireland/U.S.)
Amanda Michalopoulou
(Greece)
Antonio Monda
(Italy/U.S.)
Antonio Muñoz Molina
(Spain)
Thant Myint-U
(Burma/U.S.)
Michael Ondaatje
(Sri Lanka/Canada)
Carme Riera
(Spain)
Mary Robinson
(Ireland)
Salman Rushdie
(India/U.S.)
Roberto Saviano
(Italy)
Francesc Serés
(Spain)
Evelyn Schlag
(Austria)
Charles Simic
(Serbia/U.S.)
Saša Stanišić
(Bosnia/Germany)
Mario Vargas Llosa
(Peru)
Abdourahman Waberi
(Djibouti/France)
A.B. Yehoshua
(Israel)
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