October
28, 2008
National Book Award Finalist Aleksandar Hemon at Oakton
The Chicago Writers Series at Oakton Community College welcomes National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Aleksandar Hemon at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Oakton’s Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Hemon, a native of Sarajevo, the largest urban center in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will showcase his current novel, The Lazarus Project, which centers on the murder of a young Jewish immigrant. Hemon is the winner of the 2008 Chicago Tribune Heartland Award in fiction, and recipient of a 2004 MacArthur “Genius” Grant and a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship.
This program is funded by Oakton Student Activities and the Oakton Educational Foundation.
For more information about the Chicago Writers Series, contact Lynn Woodbury at 847-635-1953 or woodbury@oakton.edu.
Media Contact: Bill Paige (847) 635-1806
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