On the Advantages of Fiction for Life and Death

When: Sunday, May 4
Where: The Great Hall at Cooper Union: 7 East 7th St.
What time: 6:30 p.m.

With Umberto Eco & Adam Gopnik; introduced by Francine Prose

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• Entire event (1:10:28)

LISTEN TO SEGMENTS
• On the Advantages of Fiction for Life and Death: Umberto Eco (25:54)
• Conversation with Umberto Eco & Adam Gopnik (39:43)

The PEN World Voices Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, which was established in collaboration with the Arthur Miller Estate, will be presented by Italian writer, philosopher, critic, and professor Umberto Eco, whose body of work has made invaluable contributions to the fields of semiotics, aesthetics, medievalism, and literary theory.

Umberto Eco is one of the most acclaimed writers of the last 30 years, winning a number of awards and receiving over 30 honorary doctorates from academic institutions across the world. Eco will be joined after his lecture for an onstage discussion with Adam Gopnik. The evening will be introduced by PEN President Francine Prose.

From the PEN Blogs

• Antonio Romani:
Domenica 4 Maggio alle 6,30 in punto, presso la Cooper Union, Umberto Eco ha tenuto la Third Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture a conclusione del Pen World Voices Festival of International Literature....[More]

• Claudio Ivan Remeseira:
Listening to Umberto Eco give his Arthur Miller Lecture in front of a packed and fascinated auditorium at Cooper Union last Sunday night, one can easily understand the reason of his world-wide appeal...[More]