The
Goethe-Institut Philippinen and the
Japan Foundation Manila in partnership with the Literature Department and the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of
De La Salle University presents “
Writing in Two Worlds: An Afternoon with Yoko Tawada” on
July 12, 2018, 2:30 to 4:30pm, at The Verdure 4/F Multipurpose Room Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila.
Yoko Tawada, an award-winning bilingual writer, will talk about her works and share her experiences about writing in both Japanese and German. She will also read excerpts from her novel
The Emissary. A Q&A portion moderated by DLSU literature professor and poet
Dinah T. Roma will follow.
Born in Tokyo in 1960, Yoko Tawada obtained her doctorate in German literature from Zurich University. She has published several novels, poems, plays, and essays such as
The Bridegroom Was a Dog, Memoirs of a Polar Bear, and The Naked Eye. Tawada has also received numerous awards including the
Akutagawa Prize, Kleist Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Goethe Medal. Currently, she has been living in Germany since 1982.
Admission for the talk is free. Priority is given to those who registered online at
bit.ly/WritingInTwoWorlds.
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