Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers' Series: Peter Hessler

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Peter Heslsler, 2014/15 William Block Sr. Award Winner
Date: 
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 20:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Pitt Public Health Auditorium (130 De Soto St)
Contact Phone: 
412-624-6508

Peter Hessler has received the 2008 National Magazine Award for Excellence in Reporting, a 2011 Macarthur Fellowship, and the 2001 Kiriyama Prize. He is the author of River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze; Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip; Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West; and Oracle Bones: A Journey through Time in China, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award. He is a contributing writer for National Geographic and a staff writer at The New Yorker, for which he has served as the Beijing, China correspondent from 2000 to 2007 and currently covers Egypt.

UCIS Unit: 
Asian Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series
University Store on Fifth
World Regions: 
Asia
East Asia