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[Media Alert] A Discussion with Maureen Freely, Author of Enlightenment

05/12/2008

 
 
WHAT: Enlightenment is the riveting, new novel by Maureen Freely who is a journalist, novelist and a celebrated translator of the Nobel Prize-winning author, Orhan Pamuk. She was born in the U.S. and grew up in Istanbul. Please join us for a discussion with Maureen Freely, moderated by Professor Sibel Erol (New York University).    

WHO:  Maureen Freely is a writer, translator, and professor at the University of Warwick in Bath, England. She was born in the United States and grew up in Istanbul, where her father has been a university professor since 1963. She was educated at Radcliffe College and has made her home in England for the last twenty-three years. The author of three works of nonfiction, Ms. Freely has been a regular contributor to the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent and the Sunday Times for two decades, writing on feminism, family, social policy, Turkish culture and politics, and contemporary literature. She is well-known for her translations of Snow (2004), Istanbul: Memories of a City (2005), The Black Book (2006), and Other Colors (2007), by the Turkish novelist and Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk.

From the Publisher of Enlightenment: In her new novel Enlightenment, Freely captures both the passion, distrust, and duplicitousness of life in Cold War Istanbul, and the complexities of modern life in contemporary Turkey. As an investigative journalist unravels the strange and politically-charged disappearance of an American woman who first came to Turkey in the 1960s, she discovers a heartbreaking history of first loves shattered and best friends betrayed. Enlightenment also entertains as a tense and complex thriller involving a retired secret service informer, a mysterious ‘trunk’ murder, and a group of young students embroiled in subterfuge. (Overlook Press/ Hardcover, $24.95 / ISBN: 978-1-59020-074-2 / May 13, 2008).

WHEN: Thursday, May 15, 2008
6:00 – 6:15pm - Registration 
6:15 – 7:00pm - Discussion
7:00 – 8:00pm - Booksigning and Reception
 
WHERE:  The Kosciuszko Foundation - Van Alen Mansion, 15 East 65th St., New York, NY 10021

CONTACT and Press RSVP: Selen Ucak - selen.ucak@americanturkishsociety.org; 212.583.7614
 
WHY: The American Turkish Society - Founded in 1949, The American Turkish Society’s mission is to enhance economic, business, political and cultural relations between the United States in Turkey. The Society offers speaker series, lectures and panel discussions throughout the year to inform the American public of issues of current importance to Turkey and U.S.-Turkish relations and supports a variety of educational, cultural and philanthropic programs.    
www.americanturkishsociety.org
 
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