The Writers Studio with Louis Begley
February 19, 2008
, 2008
LOUIS BEGLEY was born in Poland and is a Holocaust Survivor. He is the author of: Wartime Lies, The Man Who Was Late, As Max Saw It, About Schmidt, Mistler's Exit, Schmidt Delivered, Das Gelobte Land, Venedig unter vier Augen (with Anka Muhlstein), Shipwreck, Matters of Honor, and numerous essays and articles. About Schmidt was made into a Jack Nicholson film. He is a Harvard graduate and his prizes include: The Irish Times-Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize, National Book Award Finalist, National Book Critics' Circle Finalist, PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, Prix Médicis Étranger, Jeanette-Schocken-Preis, Bremerhavener Bürgerpreis für Literatur, American Academy of Letters Award in Literature, Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung Literaturpreis, past President PEN American Center; Chevalier, Ordre des Arts et Lettres.
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Drink Specials:
- State & Allen Lounge: 11 am - 8 pm: $1 off all drinks / $2 drafts and wells
- The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek: 6 pm - 7 pm: half-price specialty cocktails
- Sambuca: 4:30 pm - 7 pm: $2 frozen Bellinis and domestic beers, $3 house wine by the glass, $4 wells
- The Idle Rich Pub: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1 off all drafts, house drinks, wells, and calls, $2.50 domestic
- Christies Sports Bar: 11 am - 7 pm: $2.75 domestics, $3.25 wells / free buffet
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