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Pulitzer Prize Winner To Speak At BA Book Fair

May 2nd, 2009 | Categoría: Culture

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junotFrom the U.S. Embassy:

Junot Díaz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” is in Buenos Aires to lecture at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair.

Junot Díaz, one of the most prestigious authors in US contemporary literature, will offer a talk on Saturday May 2 at 8:00 pm at the 35th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires, at La Rural, Room Julio Cortazár. He will talk about the American immigrant experience.

His work has appeared in: The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Time Out, Glimmer Train, Story, African Voices, Best American Fiction `96 (ed. John Edgar Wideman); Best American Fiction `97 (ed. Annie Proulx); Best American Fiction `99 (ed. Amy Tan); Best American Fiction `00 (ed. E.L. Doctorow); and was included in the ‘20 Writers for the 21st Century’ issue of The New Yorker (June ‘99) and  The O.Henry Prize Stories anthology, 2009

From Santo Domingo to New York:  The American Immigrant Experience.
May 2 – 8:00 pm
Book Fair
Ocre Pavillion – Room Julio Cortázar

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4 Comments

Anonymous says:

only know his logo is everywhere….also in your site
that carlos heller is here also….
it means that every word we say he knows.
This guy is a left wing source and i do not agree with him neither his shit.
we no longer have free spech…i believe
dragno

taos says:

Hey there Dragno,
Well, you certainly have free speech here. But to be honest, I have no idea what you’re trying to say. What logo? What are you talking about? This is just a book presentation.
Cheers,
Taos

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Ramiro says:

I read this book and is very good, now looking forward to getting my Kindle in the mail so that I can download his debut collection of short stories “Drown”. Very innovative narrative style. The book (The Wondrous…) is a roller coaster, it has everything, laughs, horror (Trujillato vignettes), etc. I strongly recommend it. Ramiro

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