World Nomads Lebanon: Rawi Hage
| Organization | French Institute Alliance Française |
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| Address | 22 East 60th Street, New York, NY, United States | |||||
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| Website | http://fiaf.org/events/spring2010/2010-05-world-nomads-lebanon.shtml | |||||
| Start | May 2, 2010 | |||||
| End | May 2, 2010 | |||||
| Closed | Monday - Saturday | |||||
Award-winning author, photographer, and visual artist Rawi Hage will discuss his approach to writing and the ways in which his multicultural background has influenced his voice.
His debut novel, De Niro’s Game (2006), has garnered several literary awards, including the 2008 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the McAuslan First Book Prize, and the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.
In English
Free and open to the public. Tickets distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Presented as part of World Nomads Lebanon
Presented as part of PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
World Nomads, FIAF’s annual exploration of transculturalism in the 21st century, is intended as a forum for dialogue between cultures. It returns this May for its third edition to focus on Lebanon, a country whose rich heritage has long captivated imaginations around the world.
For a complete listing of the series’ events, please visit:
http://www.fiaf.org/events/spring2010/2010-05-world-nomads-lebanon.shtml