An Evening with Edwidge Danticat

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: Free, no ticket required
Location: Finney Chapel (directions)

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Edwidge Danticat is the author of award winning novels such as Breath, Eyes, Memory and The Farming of Bones. Her writing draws on her Haitian heritage, as well as her experiences as a young immigrant in America. Danticat’s memoir, Brother, I’m Dying, recounts her departure from Haiti at age 12 and the family she left behind. The memoir was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2008 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. Most recently, Danticat published a collection of essays, titled Create Dangerously, that explores Haitian culture and history from a contemporary perspective. Danticat is a 2009 recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award.

“Danticat is a marvelous writer, blending personal anecdotes, history, and larger reflections without turning the immigrant writer into a victim, misunderstood by all.”

San Francisco Chronicle