Jhumpa Lahiri on Studying and Writing in Italian
Posted in: Inserra, Italian News and Events
As an established writer in one language, how does one “relocate” to another language and another culture? This conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri – recent recipient of the National Humanities Medal – will focus on her recent book written in Italian and entitled In altre parole, and limn some of the creative struggles and rewards of the choice to live in a foreign world and to write in foreign words.
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Program
- Introductory remarks: (Italian Cultural Institute NY, Director)
- Special guest: (author)
- Moderator: (Inserra Chair, MSU)
- Respondent: (Classics and Humanities, MSU)
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Sponsored by the Inserra Chair in collaboration with , the and the at 精品成人福利在线 University, and under the auspices of the (in connection with the Settimana della Lingua Italiana/Week of Italian Language).