BILINGUAL JAPAN WRITER YOKO TAWADA IN DLSU FORUM

The Japan Foundation, Manila and Goethe-Institut Philippinen in partnership with the Literature Department and the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University will host “Writing in Two Worlds: An Afternoon with Yoko Tawada,” on July 9, 2:30-4:30 p.m., at 20/F, Multipurpose Room, Andrew Gonzalez Hall, DLSU, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila.

Yoko Tawada, an awardwinning bilingual writer, will talk about her works and share her experiences about writing in both Japanese and German. She will also read excerpts from her novel “The Emissary.”

A Q&A moderated by DLSU literature professor and poet Dinah T. Roma will follow.

Born in Tokyo in 1960, Tawada obtained her doctorate in German literature from Zurich University. She has published several novels, poems, plays, and essays, and has received the Akutagawa Prize, Kleist Prize, Tanizaki Prize, and the Goethe Medal. She has been living in Germany since 1982.

Admission is free. Priority is given to those who registered online at http:// bit.ly/2JtDaj1.