Two notable writers, playwright Paula Vogel and novelist and memoirist André Aciman, will be coming to campus for public speaking events in March.
Vogel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, will take part in a campus residency that will culminate in her receiving the Stellfox Award. The award comes as part of the Harold and Ethel L. Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers Program, which has brought notable writers to campus since 2005.
Vogel is most well known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play “How I Learned to Drive,” and her Tony Award nominated plays “Mother Play” and “Indecent.” She also founded Bard at the Gate, a virtual play-reading series that serves to make plays by female, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and disabled writers more accessible.
Aciman teaches comparative literature at the City University of New York (CUNY) and is most well known for his 2007 novel “Call Me by Your Name,” which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning movie in 2017 starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, as well as his memoir “Out of Egypt.” Aciman’s newest memoir, “My Roman Year,” was released in October, and its sequel, “Room on the Sea,” is set to release in June.
Vogel’s presentation and reading will take place at 7 p.m. on March 19 in the Allison Great Hall, and will be followed with a Q&A and book signing.
Aciman’s lecture, “On Being from Elsewhere,” will take place at 7 p.m. on March 24 in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum, and co-sponsored by the departments of Italian & Italian studies, English and creative writing.
