Thursday, October 6, 2016, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Busch Student Center - Wool Ballroom, 20 N Grand Blvd, St. 路易斯，密苏里州63103
Previous recipients of the Saint Louis University Library Associates annual award include Tennessee Williams and Joan Didion
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A Dessert and Drinks Reception follows the 奖 Ceremony at 8:30pm on the Ground Level Patio Area of the Busch Student Center. 花费50美元.
REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED FOR THE RECEPTION
ST. LOUIS (May 2, 2016) – 的 Saint Louis University Library Associates have announced the selection of acclaimed writer Michael Ondaatje as the 2016 St. 路易文学 奖. Michael Ondaatje is one of the world's foremost writers. 虽然他是最好的 known as a novelist, Ondaatje's work also encompasses poetry, memoir, film. 他的 transcendent novel 英国病人 became a multiple Academy 奖-winning film, including the best picture in 1997.
An award-winning novelist and poet, Ondaatje's works include 的 Cat's Table, Divisadero 《披着狮子的皮. Ondaatje's collections of poetry include Secular Love, 的 Cinnamon Peeler and Handwriting. He has also made two documentary films, Sons of Captain Poetry and 的 Clinton Special.
Ondaatje is the recipient of several literary prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction, the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize and the Irish Times International Prize 小说.
Philip Boehm, chair of the literary award selection committee, said the purpose of 圣. 路易斯文学奖 is to recognize a living writer with a substantial body of work available in English who has enriched our literary heritage by deepening our insight into the human condition and expanding the scope of our compassion.
"Michael Ondaatje's exquisitely intense language stirs our senses, sharpens our intellect, 激发我们的想象力.Boehm说. "He is a master of evoking places as well as people and of summoning the mysteries lurking with in each."
这个奖项 ceremony and conversation with the author is planned for Thursday, Oct. 6. Additional information on the time, location, program and registration will be made available on the Saint Louis University Library Associates website: Saint Louis University Library Associates.
社区读: 英国病人
Free (registration required) and open to members of the 博彩网址大全 community and their guests
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 | 4:00-5:00 pm
塞缪尔·卡普尔斯故居
博彩网址大全 faculty and staff members will lead small-group discussions of Michael Ondaatje's best-known novel 英国病人 at historic 塞缪尔·卡普尔斯故居. 点心 将提供. Participants receive a free copy of the book upon registration.
Please register at the 庇护十二世纪念图书馆 Circulation Desk. 如果你不能 to register in person, email or call Erica Lauriello (elauriel@fc-daudenzell.com / 314-977-3090).
"的 Craft of Writing" with Michael Ondaatje
免费向公众开放
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | 3:30 pm
庇护十二世纪念图书馆, 2nd floor gallery
Featuring an interview with Michael Ondaatje by Joya Uraizee, Ph.D.，然后是 听众问&A.
Please register before September 30 by e-mailing or calling Erica Lauriello (elauriel@fc-daudenzell.com / 314-977-3090) with the number of faculty and student attendees.
This program will bring together faculty and students from area academic writing and literature programs for a unique opportunity to meet with Michael Ondaatje, who will 收到2016年St. 路易斯文学奖 on Thursday, October 6 at 7 pm in the Wool Ballroom of the Busch Student Center.
关于St. 路易斯文学奖
成立于1967年的圣. 路易斯文学奖 is presented annually by the Library Associates and has become one of the top literary prizes in the country. 这个奖项 has recognized some of the most important writers of the 20th and 21st centuries, 包括W. H. Auden, Saul Bellow, Joan Didion, James A. Michener, Joyce Carol Oates, Tennessee Williams, Jeanette Winterson.
About the Saint Louis University Library Associates
One of the oldest literary and cultural organizations in St. 路易斯，圣路易号 University Library Associates seeks to build a closer relationship between the University and the community and to promote an appreciation for the value of literature. 的 Library Associates work to enhance the visibility of the Saint Louis University Libraries and to support the development of their world-class collections and services. 为 more information on the Saint Louis University Library Associates, visit: Saint Louis University Library Associates.
为 more information, please call 314-977-3100