Monday, December 8
11th Annural Asian American Literary Awards
Awards Ceremony
For the 11th Annual Asian American Literary Awards, The Workshop will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to playwright David Henry Hwang, who will reunite with B.D. Wong in a special reading and celebration for the 20th anniversary of their seminal contribution to Asian American culture, M. Butterfly. Hwang and Wong will discuss their seminal contribution to Asian American culture with Oskar Eustis, the Artistic Director of The Public Theater. Every audience member will receive a free paperback of M. Butterfly.
The winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Fiction is Mohsin Hamid for The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Harcourt). The winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Nonfiction is Vijay Prashad for The Darker Nations (New Press). The winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Poetry is Sun Yung Shin for Skirt Full of Black (Coffee House Press).
Awards Ceremony @ Cantor Theater at NYU, 7:30pm - 9pm
36 East 8 St. | Map it$20 members | $30 non-members | $45 for tickets & membership
VIP Reception @ Deutsches Haus at NYU, 6pm - 7:30pm
42 Washington Mews | Map it$100
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