March 10, 2011
6:30 PM
Kumble Theater
Ha Jin, born in China, is a poet, fiction writer, and essayist. He was a member of the People's Liberation Army before coming to the United States in 1986. He is the author of such works as A Good Fall (about the Chinese immigrant experience in America), Waiting (winner of the National Book Award and based on his five-year service in the communist Chinese army), and War Trash (winner of the PEN Faulkner Award). He is currently Professor of English at Boston University.
Funding provided by McGrath Fund, The Provost's Office, and Voices of the Rainbow.
For additional information, contact Professor Louis Parascandola at 718-488-1050.
In conjunction with the Lecture, we are offering a one-credit course on Ha Jin's work. Read more here.
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