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Wilkes University’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series: George Saunders

Category: Event Calendar

Date and Time for this Past Event

  • Tuesday, Apr 15, 2025  7pm

Location

Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts
239 S River St

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Details

The Wilkes University English Department, as part of its Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series, will host writer George Saunders at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required.

George Saunders is the author of twelve books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize. His short story collection Tenth of December was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the inaugural Folio Prize (for the best work of fiction in English) and the Story Prize (for best short story collection).

He has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, the PEN/Malamud Prize for excellence in the short story and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2013, he was named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine.

Register for this event here.