Canisius presents Téa Obreht who will read from her works on Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Obreht’s visit, which is part of the Canisius College Contemporary Writers Series, is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the reading. Seating is limited. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
Obreht was born in the former Yugoslavia and spent her childhood in Cyprus and Egypt before eventually immigrating to the United States. Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Zoetrobe: All-Story, and The New York Times. Obreht’s first novel, The Tiger’s Wife, was awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction, named a National Book Award Finalist, and selected one of the best books of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, O: The Oprah Magazine and The San Francisco Chronicle. She has been named by The New Yorker as one of the 20 best American fiction writers under 40 and included in the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” list.
For more information, contact Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor of English, at Ext. 2662.
Submitted by: Mick Cochrane, PhD, professor, English
