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DESCRIPTION:The John L. Hatfield '67 Library Lecture: 'Lost (and Found) in 
 Translation: \nHow I learned to write what I don't know'\, by playwright D
 avid Henry Hwang\nBook signing immediately following the talk (materials w
 ill be available for \npurchase).\n\nThroughout his career\, playwright Da
 vid Henry Hwang has explored the \ncomplexities of forging Eastern and Wes
 tern cultures in a contemporary \nAmerica.  His extraordinary body of work
  over the past three decades has been \nmarked by a deep desire to reaffir
 m the common humanity in all of us.\n\nHwang is best known as the author o
 f M. Butterfly\, which ran for two years on \nBroadway\, won the 1988 Tony
 \, Drama Desk and other awards\, and was also a \nfinalist for the 1989 Pu
 litzer Prize.  The play enjoyed a one-year run on \nLondon's West End and 
 has been produced in over four dozen countries to date. \n  His play Golde
 n Child received a 1997 Obie award for playwriting and three \n1998 Tony n
 ominations\, including best new play\, and his play Yellow Face won \na 20
 08 Obie award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His newest play 
 \nis Chinglish\, a comedy about an American businessman in China\, which 
 \npremiered at Chicago's Goodman Theatre last summer and has just complete
 d its \nBroadway run at the Longacre Theater.\n\nHwang has also written fo
 r both opera and film.  According to Opera News\, he \nis America’s most-p
 roduced living opera librettist.  He has written four \nworks with compose
 r Philip Glass\, including 100 Airplanes on the Roof and \nIcarus at the E
 dge of Time.  Hwang’s Ainadamar\nwith music by Osvaldo Golijov and featuri
 ng soprano Dawn Upshaw won two \nGrammy Awards in 2006\, including Best Op
 era Recording.  Hwang penned the \nscreenplays for M. Butterfly\, a 1993 W
 arner Brothers release starring Jeremy \nIrons and John Lone\, directed by
  David Cronenberg\; Golden Gate (Samuel \nGoldwyn Co.\, 1994)\, starring M
 att Dillon and Joan Chen\, directed by John \nMadden\; and Possession (co-
 writer\, USA Films\, 2002)\, starring Gwyneth Paltrow \nand Aaron Eckhart\
 , directed by Neil LaBute.  He has also done screenwriting \nwork for Mart
 in Scorsese\, Sydney Pollack\, and Tim Burton\, among others.\n\nA graduat
 e of Stanford University and an alumnus of the Yale School of Drama\, \nHw
 ang has been the recipient of numerous grants\, fellowships\, and awards. 
  \nMost recently he was honored with the 2012 William Inge Distinguished 
 \nAchievement in the American Theatre Award.
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LOCATION:Kirby Hall of Civil Rights Auditorium 104
SUMMARY:The John L. Hatfield '67 Library Lecture:  A talk by playwright Dav
 id Henry \nHwang
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