Bonjour à tous,
Graham Robb is coming to BYU Wednesday and Thursday of next week! Donc, mark your calanders, read up, write down some questions, and take advantage of this opportunity.
*For those that do not have Robb's book, The Discovery of France,
copies are available for only $3 in the French Department Office.
Kennedy Center presents
Graham Robb, Persecution and
French National Identity
Wednesday, 21 October, noon
238 HRCB
BYU French Department presents
Graham Robb Q&A
Author, The Discovery of France
Thursday, 22 October, noon
284 TNRB
Graham Robb is an accomplished writer with many awards for his
books, including the Discovery of France (2007, awarded the Duff
Cooper Prize and the 2008 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje
Prize), based in part on fourteen thousand miles’ cycling in France.
Three biographies, Rimbaud (2000, won the Enid McLeod Literature
Prize), Victor Hugo (1997, received the Royal Society of Literature
Heinemann Award and Whitbread Biography Prize), and Balzac (1994)
were New York Times “Best Books of the Year.” Robb reviews for the
Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books, the Daily
Telegraph, and the New York Review of Books. He is also a fellow of
the Royal Society of Literature. A native of Manchester, he graduated
from Oxford University with first-class honors in French and German
and took received a PhD from Vanderbilt University (1986), after which
he held a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Exeter College,
Oxford. Robb lives in Oxford with his wife, Margaret.
books, including the Discovery of France (2007, awarded the Duff
Cooper Prize and the 2008 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje
Prize), based in part on fourteen thousand miles’ cycling in France.
Three biographies, Rimbaud (2000, won the Enid McLeod Literature
Prize), Victor Hugo (1997, received the Royal Society of Literature
Heinemann Award and Whitbread Biography Prize), and Balzac (1994)
were New York Times “Best Books of the Year.” Robb reviews for the
Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books, the Daily
Telegraph, and the New York Review of Books. He is also a fellow of
the Royal Society of Literature. A native of Manchester, he graduated
from Oxford University with first-class honors in French and German
and took received a PhD from Vanderbilt University (1986), after which
he held a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Exeter College,
Oxford. Robb lives in Oxford with his wife, Margaret.
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We blogged about Graham Robb and his book before. Click here to read that post.
If you're looking for some cultural activity points for your classes, this is a great opportunity.
If you want to learn more about notre pays, you can't miss it.
See you there!
-david
