Freedom to Write Lecture
2007-05-26T16:35:05-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZGU4XC8xOTgwNjEtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==David Grossman, an Israeli author and journalist, delivered the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture. Topics included violence and war, moral judgment, the language of citizens of a sustained conflict, and influences on his writing. Following his speech, Ms. Gordimer, a South African author, commented on his lecture and then interviewed him about his life, work, and philosophy.
David Grossman’s books include Death as a Way of Life: From Oslo to the Geneva Agreement, Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel, and The Yellow Wind. Ms. Gordimer was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The event was held in the Great Hall at Cooper Union.
David Grossman’s books include Death as a Way of Life: From Oslo to the Geneva Agreement, Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel, and The Yellow Wind. Ms. Gordimer was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The event was held in the Great Hall at Cooper Union.
David Grossman, an Israeli author and journalist, delivered the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture. Topics included violence and war, moral… read more
David Grossman, an Israeli author and journalist, delivered the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture. Topics included violence and war, moral judgment, the language of citizens of a sustained conflict, and influences on his writing. Following his speech, Ms. Gordimer, a South African author, commented on his lecture and then interviewed him about his life, work, and philosophy.
David Grossman’s books include Death as a Way of Life: From Oslo to the Geneva Agreement, Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel, and The Yellow Wind. Ms. Gordimer was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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