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October, 2019

201901Oct19:00Kimon Friar Lecture | The Self in Literature19:00

Event Details

When: Tuesday, October 1, 2019, 19:00
Where: Pierce Theater

The American College of Greece and the Attica Tradition Foundation invite you to the Twenty-Fifth Annual Kimon Friar Lecture by:

Ian McEwan
The Self in Literature

Ian McEwan was born in 1948 and lives in Gloucestershire, England.  He is a critically acclaimed author of short stories and novels, as well as The Daydreamer, a set of stories for children. He has written many screenplays as well as the libretto for an opera. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, 1975, won the Somerset Maugham Award.

His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, The Cement Garden, Enduring Love, Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize, Atonement, Saturday, Solar and Sweet Tooth. His novels On Chesil Beach and The Children Act, were recently adapted by him for the screen. This year sees the publication of Machines Like Me, a novel about AI.

Reception to follow

Open to the Public
Free Admission

For more information, contact us at:
210 600 9800 ext. 1456

[email protected]

Deree – The American College of Greece
6 Gravias Street
Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki

Organised by: The American College of Greece and the Attica Tradition Foundation

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