Home > Wednesday, April 26 12:00-1:30 Conversation: Jorge Semprún & Norman Manea This event has been canceled.  1:00 Writing Faith Azhar Abidi, Faith Adiele, Alaa Al-Aswany, Richard Rodriguez, Colm Tóibín; moderated by Mary Gordon Despite the conception that postmodern literature is by definition hostile to the idea of religious faith, this panel explores the Festival’s theme by featuring writers who have explored faith from a position that includes the skeptical and the rational and reflects the power of religion as a literary subject. Where: Hemmerdinger Hall at NYU: 100 Washington Sq. East Tickets: Free Co-sponsor: The NYU Creative Writing Program 2:00–3:30 Honor Killings: When Families Commit Murder to Save Face Necla Kelek, O. Z. Livaneli, Ritu Menon; moderated by Robert Pollock Thousands of girls and women across the globe are murdered by male family members each year in the name of family honor. Honor killings are executed for instances of rape, infidelity, flirting, or any other instance perceived as disgracing the family's honor, and the woman is then killed by a male relative to restore the family's name in the community. The invited panel will discuss the practice of honor killings across religions and ethnicities. Where: Deutsches Haus at NYU: 42 Washington Mews (corner of University Pl.) Tickets: Free Co-sponsors: New York University and Deutsches Haus at NYU 4:00 Translation in South Asia Aditya Behl, Jason Grunebaum, John Stratton Hawley, Ritu Menon, Tahira Naqvi, Frances Pritchett What demands, enables, and inhibits the translation of South Asian literature into English? A group of translators, scholars, and a publisher read from translations-in-progress of both classical and contemporary texts brought into English from Hindi and Urdu. Where: Leela Lounge: 1 West 3rd St. Tickets: Free; (212) 529-2059 Co-sponsor: PEN’s Translation Committee 4:00 Faith and Politics in America and Elsewhere Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Alma Guillermoprieto, Moses Isegawa, Elias Khoury, Adam Michnik; moderated by Robert Silvers Writers from across the globe discuss religion’s role in the political life of the United States and compare it to the impact of religious faith on politics in other regions. Where: Hemmerdinger Hall at NYU: 100 Washington Sq. East Tickets: Free Co-sponsor: The New York Review of Books and the NYU Creative Writing Program 4:00–5:30 Conversation: Lydie Salvayre & Rick Moody Where: La Maison Française of NYU: 16 Washington Mews (corner of University Pl.) Tickets: Free Co-sponsors: New York University and La Maison Française of NYU 6:00 A Tribute to Juan Rulfo Rodrigo Fresán, Carlos Monsiváis, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Juan Pablo Perez Rulfo Aparicio, Alberto Vital This celebration of the great Mexican author of Pedro Páramo and El Llano en llamas, 20 years after his death, will include screenings and a roundtable discussion. Where: Instituto Cervantes: 211–215 East 49th St. Tickets: Free; (212) 308-7720 Co-sponsors: Instituto Cervantes, The Consulate General of Spain, The Mexican Cultural Institute, Fundación Juan Rulfo, The Consulate General of Mexico in New York, Dasein Foundation, Jose Cuervo Tradicional, Mexicana, and Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs 6:00–7:30 Young Writers Series: Melania G. Mazzucco & Jhumpa Lahiri With readings by John Ventimiglia Where: Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU: 24 West 12th St. Tickets: Free Co-sponsors: Benetton, New York University, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU, and the Italian Cultural Institute in NY Visit the World Voices Media Library to listen to this event. 8:00 Faith & Reason: Writers Speak Chinua Achebe, Martin Amis, Gioconda Belli, Roberto Calasso, E. L. Doctorow, David Grossman, Elias Khoury, Yusef Komunyakaa, Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, Duong Thu Huong, Ayu Utami, Jeanette Winterson At a moment when faith and reason can seem hopelessly antagonistic, literature remains a vehicle through which differences may be explored and reconciled. Now in its second year, the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature hosts this exhilarating array of writers, who will come together to reflect on one of the central dichotomies of our time. Where: The Town Hall: 123 West 43rd St. Tickets: SOLD OUT Visit the World Voices Media Library to listen to this event and see photos. Home | Site Map | Copyright / Privacy Policy | Contact Us © 2004-2010 PEN American Center. All rights reserved.