Irish Writer Colm Tóibín Speaks at Boston College on Wednesday, February 22
Ireland's prominent writer Colm Tóibín is Boston College's Lowell Humanities Series on Wednesday, February 22 at 7 p.m. at Gasson Hall on the Chestnut Hill campus. His topic is “Writing Thomas Mann: Fact into Fiction." Here is the full schedule of spring lectures.
Born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Tóibín lived in Barcelona from 1975-1978; out of his experience he wrote The South and Homage to Barcelona. Among his more recent, award-winning novels are: The Magician; House of Names; Nora Webster; and The Testament of Mary. He is the author of short story collections, two plays staged in Dublin, the memoir A Guest at the Feast, and non-fiction books.
A contributor to the New York Review of Books and contributing editor at the London Review of Books, Tóibín’s writing has been translated into many languages. He has taught writing at numerous universities and is currently Mellon Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and chancellor of Liverpool University. Cosponsored by the Irish Studies Program and Fiction Days Series.
The Lowell Humanities Series is sponsored by the Lowell Institute, the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Boston College, and the Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculties. All events are free and open to the public. For more details, including resources for faculty and students, visit the Lowell Humanities Series website.
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