Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Oonya Kempadoo (Author)
Date:
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 16:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
501 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh
Contact Person:
Shalini Puri
Contact Email:
spuri@pitt.edu
Oonya Kempadoo is the author of Buxton Spice and Tide Running (for which she has recently completed a screenplay).
She has won the Casa de las Américas Prize, and was named a "Great Talent for the 21st Century" by the Orange Prize judges.
She was a fellow at the International Writer's Program at the University of Iowa in 2011.
UCIS Unit:
Center for Latin American Studies
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Humanities Center
Department of English
Cultural Studies Program
University Honors College
Charles Crow Program
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program