An Evening of Poetry Presenting Z.G. Tomaszewski, Winner of the International HKU Poetry Prize 2014
16 November 2015 (Monday)
HKU School of English is pleased to announce that Z.G. Tomaszewski has been selected as the winner of the 2014 HKU Poetry Prize for his manuscript All Things Dusk. The Prize Presentation will take place on November 17, 2015 (Tuesday) in the groundbreaking HKU Black Box Theatre. Z.G. Tomaszewski will be joined by renowned international poet and the Prize’s Final Judge, Li-Young Lee.
Media representatives are cordially invited to the ceremony. Details are as follows:
Date: November 17, 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Venue: HKU Black Box Theatre, LG/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Public Reading by Award-winning Poet Li-Young Lee
HKU Poetry Prize Final Judge and award-winning poet Li-Young Lee will give a public reading from his collections at a separate event on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Date: November 19, 2015 (Thursday)
Time: 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm
Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU
Li-Young Lee is the author of four books of poetry, including, most recently,Behind My Eyes. Lee’s honours include fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, The Lannan Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, as well as grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
These events are organized by the School of English and supported by Hong Kong University Press, the HKU Culture & Humanities Fund and the Faculty of Arts.
For media enquiries, please contact Mr Cyrus Chan, Events Coordinator, Faculty of Arts (tel: 3917 4984 email: cyrusc@hku.hk).