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"Creativity in a Time of Crisis" with Etgar Keret

, Abramson Family Founders Room (SIS T7)

Updated 8/27

Please join us as Israeli writer and filmmaker Etgar Keret reads selections from his new book, Autocorrect (May, 2024 in Hebrew), and discusses his life and work, including the challenge and imperative of creativity in the current moment in Israel and around the world.
The discussion, moderated by AU Professor Lauren Strauss, will be followed by a reception with book sales and signing.
Published in 46 countries and translated into 41 languages, Keret has won numerous awards for his fiction, as well as the 2016 Charles Bronfman Prize for humanitarian work. Keret's newest book of stories, Fly Already, won the prestigious Sapir Prize.
Famous for his collections of short stories and graphic novels, some of Keret's most popular works include: The Seven Good Years, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, The Nimrod Flipout, The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories, and Fly Already.
Learn more about Etgar Keret on his official website at: http://www.etgarkeret.com/
This event is hosted by the Meltzer Schwartzberg Center for Israel Studies and co-sponsored by Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½'s Jewish Studies Program and Department of Literature, as well as Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½s for Ben-Gurion University. Keret is a Lecturer in Ben-Gurion University's Department of Hebrew Literature.
2024 Israeli Writer Series
Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½'s Israeli Writer Series brings influential Israeli writers in person and virtually to the Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ campus. Through public lectures and literature master classes we will experience Israeli identity through the eyes and ears of some of its most important cultural voices.
The 2024 Israeli Writers series is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Ken and Mimi Heyman Israel Studies Programming Fund.
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Special Guests and VIP Speakers
Host:
Center for Israel Studies
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Contact:
Laura Cutler

cutler@american.edu

301-980-7182

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