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May 20, 2008

U.S. Embassy Literature Series presents: Annie Proulx
Annie Proulx will read from her works.
Annie Proulx is often described as a chronicler of American provincial life. She started out as a journalist before publishing her first book "Heart Songs and Other Stories" in 1988. She received all major literary prizes in the U.S. for her novels and short story collections, among them: The PEN/Faulkner Award, 1992, for "Postcards", the National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, and Irish Times International Fiction Prize, all 1993, and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 1994, all for "The Shipping News"; the Dos Passos Prize for Literature, 1996, for "Accordion Crimes"; the National Magazine award, 1998, and O. Henry Prize, both for "Brokeback Mountain"; the award for fiction, New Yorker, 2000, for "Close Range: Wyoming Stories"; the Best Foreign Language Novels of 2002/Best American Novel Award, Chinese Publishing Association and Peoples’ Literature Publishing House, 2002, for "That Old Ace in the Hole". Annie Proulx is author of the short story Brokeback Mountain which, in its 2006 film version, received four Golden Globe awards and three Oscars.  more (pdf)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Eva Boesenberg, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Language: Reading and discussion in English
Reservation: (030) 200 57 10 00
Tickets: € 5.-/reduced € 4.-

Where: Akademie der Künste, Plenarsaal, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin
When: 20:00

August 10–16, 2008

The Wittenberg Summer School 2008
"Vigorous Executive: The President in American Politics and Culture"
The U.S. Embassy in cooperation with the Center for U.S. Studies at the University of Halle-Wittenberg and Magdeburg University's American Studies Department is hosting the Wittenberg Summer School 2008 with senior faculty from U.S. and German universities. The organizers encourage students from all disciplines, especially American Studies, Cultural Studies and the Social Sciences, from all German Universities to apply to the Summer School. In addition, we invite applications from European students. more