George Prochnik on Stefan Zweig | LIVE for the NYPL
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Channel: The New York Public Library · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
Recorded on May 6th, 2014 at the New York Public Library For more events by LIVE from the NYPL visit: http://www.nypl.org/events/live-nypl Watch the full 90-minute recording here: http://goo.gl/dT8Zj5 George Prochnik in 7 Words*: Unapologetic lover of apologetic forms of life. * Great people in 7 Words: http://goo.gl/bl6HcF The Joy Gottesman Ungerleider Lecture LIVE welcomes back George Prochnik, author of The Impossible Exile. This new book studies the life and work of Stefan Zweig, an icon of the Viennese cultural renaissance. George Prochnik's essays, poetry, and fiction have appeared in numerous journals. He taught English and American literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is editor-at-large for Cabinet magazine, and is the author of In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise and Putnam Camp: Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam, and the Purpose of American Psychology. He lives in New York City. The annual Joy Gottesman Ungerleider Lecture has been made possible by a generous grant from the Dorot Foundation. LIVE from the NYPL is made possible with generous support from Celeste Bartos, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos, and the Margaret and Herman Sokol Public Education Endowment Fund. Intro music by BOPD - "New England is Interesting"
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