Liu Distinguished Visitor Series: Kevin Chen
The Chao Center for Asian Studies, along with our co-sponsors, The Asia Society Texas Center, Inprint, and the Taiwan Academy in Houston, an arm of the Taiwan Ministry of Culture, is proud to present Kevin Chen, awarding-winning author of Ghost Town, as part of our Liu Distinguished Visitor Series.
DATE: Thursday, April 27, 2023
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30pm
VENUE: BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC), room 103 (auditorium)
SPEAKER: Kevin Chen
Kevin Chen started his career as a cinema and theater actor. Now based in Germany, he has published several novels, as well as short story and essay collections. His many honors include the Taiwan Literature Award, Golden Tripod Award, Lin Rung San Literature Award, and the Chiuko Prize for Fiction. His novel Ghost Town–his first in English translation–was a New York Times Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2022, on Library Journal’s Best Books of World Literature 2022, and on the longlist for the 2023 PEN Translation Prize. Chen will read from the novel and discuss the craft of writing with Pritha Bhattacharyya, winner of the 2023 Inprint Joan and Stanford Alexander Prize in Fiction.
Followed by a reception in the adjacent lobby space.
Free and open to the public.
Supported by a generous gift from Frank (’78) and Cindy Liu, the Liu Distinguished Visitor Series brings distinguished visitors to campus to discuss a topic of broad humanistic interest.