Princess of Asturias Awards Week
Princess of Asturias Laureates for Literature are to participate in “Awards Week”.
88th PEN International Congress
Siri gives a keynote speech on words as catalyst for creation, action, propaganda, destruction, connection, freedom and emancipation.
Hustvedt’s Perspective On Our Traumatic Present
A second in-person event at the Book Fair.
The Committed Writer
Join Siri for an in-person conversation.
Gerhard Richter: The Overpainted Photographs
The illustrated six-volume edition features contributions from esteemed cultural voices.
Siri Hustvedt on James Baldwin’s Complexity
“Notes on a Native Son” is a six-part audio series about how and why the writer James Baldwin continues to matter.
On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud
"Authors reassess the legacy of the father of psychotherapy in a lovely grab bag of essays."
Studies In Blue – A Joffrey Ballet Masterpiece
"Yonder Blue" is inspired by Siri Hustvedt’s book "A Plea for Eros."
'101 notable women' narrate Annabelle Hirsch’s audiobook
High-profile names reading essays from Annabelle Hirsch’s "A History of Women in 101 Objects".
Openbank Literature Award
Siri received the 2024 Openbank Literature Award by Vanity Fair.
Enlightenment Festival
Siri Hustvedt will be in conversation online with Professor David Dwan, in an event hosted by the Linen Hall Library, which was founded in 1788 and is the oldest library in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Feminist stories and dangerous bodies: Siri Hustvedt in conversation with Julienne van Loon
"We talked about art, gender, misogyny, racism and cultural authority, and her long fascination with the work of US visual artist Louise Bourgeois."
Biography
Siri Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, three collections of essays, a work of non-fiction, and six novels, including the international bestsellers What I Loved and The Summer Without Men. Her most recent novel The Blazing World was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and won The Los Angeles Book Prize for fiction. In 2012 she was awarded the International Gabarron Prize for Thought and Humanities. She has a PhD in English from Columbia University and is a lecturer in psychiatry at Weil Cornell Medical College in New York. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
