Written Arts Program, Human Rights Project, Division of Languages and Literature, and Africana Studies Program Present
Ivan Vladislavić, author of The Folly
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
2015 Windham Campbell Prize Winner
With Nuruddin Farah and Robert KellyOne of South Africa’s most finely tuned observers. -Ted Hodkingson, The Times Literary Supplement
A tantalizingly unnameable region between fable, allegory and parable, Ivan Vladislavić’s first novel announces a powerfully original imagination, expressed in unparalleled stylistic precision and brilliance. -Neel Mukherjee
Ivan Vladislavić lives in Johannesburg, where he works as a writer, editor, and teacher. His books include The Restless Supermarket, The Exploded View, Portrait with Keys, and Double Negative. He has won the Sunday Times Fiction Prize, the Alan Paton Award, the University of Johannesburg Prize, and a 2015 Windham Campbell Prize for fiction.
Followed by Q&A, which will be led by Nuruddin Farah.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium