Join us Thursday, August 29th at the Castle for presentations by current Fellows, Hallgrímur Helgason and Rakesh Satyal.
Hallgrímur Helgason, Fellow, (Writing, Iceland)
Hallgrímur Helgason is an Icelandic artist and writer. Since 1990, he has published 10 novels. His best-known works are 101 Reykjavik (also a film), The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning and Woman at 1000 Degrees. His works have been translated into 14 languages. He has been nominated three times to the Nordic Literature Prize and has won the Icelandic Literature Prize twice, in 2001 for The Author of Iceland and in 2017 for his latest, Sixty Kilos of Sunshine.
Rakesh Satyal, Fellow, (Writing, USA)
Rakesh Satyal is the author of the novels Blue Boy and No One Can Pronounce My Name. Blue Boy won a Lambda Award and the Prose/Poetry Award from the Association of Asian-American Studies and was a finalist for a Publishing Triangle Award. It is currently being developed as a feature film by the actor and comic Nik Dodani. Satyal has been a recipient of a Fellowship in Fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts and currently sits on the board of Lambda Literary. He also works in book publishing for more than 15 years and sings a popular cabaret show in New York City.
Welcome Cocktail at 6:00 PM
Presentations at 6:15 PM