Bilingual Author Yoko Tawada in Manila for Literary Event
Update July 11: The talk had been moved to July 12 and to a new venue. This article has been updated to reflect these changes.
Two worlds come together as an award-winning bilingual writer, Yoko Tawada talks in a unique literary event in Manila next month. Hosted by The Japan Foundation Manila and Goethe-Institut Philippinen with De La Salle University, “Writing in Two Worlds: An Afternoon with Yoko Tawada” is this July 12, 2018, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Verdure 4/F Multipurpose Room Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila.
Born in Tokyo in 1960, Yoko Tawada obtained her doctorate in German literature from Zurich University. She has published several novels, poems, plays and essays such as The Bridegroom Was a Dog, Memoirs of a Polar Bear, and The Naked Eye.
Tawada has received numerous literary awards including the Akutagawa Prize, Kleist Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Goethe Medal.
During the event, Writing in Two Worlds, Tawada will share how she became a writer, her connection to Japan and Germany, as well as talk about the advantages and disadvantages of writing in two languages. She will also read excerpts from her novel The Emissary.
Writing in Two Worlds: An Afternoon with Yoko Tawada on July 12, 2018, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Verdure 4/F Multipurpose Room Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila. Admission is free. Register online at http://bit.ly/2JtDaj1.
Come to a unique literary event will promote cultural and critical exchange among writers from different parts of the globe.
Details:
What: Writing in Two Worlds: An Afternoon with Yoko Tawada
When: July 12, 2018; 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: The Verdure 4/F Multipurpose Room Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila
Register online at http://bit.ly/2JtDaj1
Written by Heloise Diamante
