Oct. 1-3: Int'l Stefan Zweig Symposium

Aug. 19, 2009 --Come see the campus’ most internationally renowned collection about one of the world’s most significant modernist authors.

Nearly 20 scholars from seven different countries will gather to discuss the works and life of the Jewish-Austrian writer who fled his home during its Nazi occupation to the U.S., and later, Brazil.

In addition, a nearly three-month-long exhibit, “The Life, Works and World of Stefan Zweig,” will open Sept. 23, giving visitors an overview of Zweig’s life and the place he occupied within European Modernism.

Reed Library will proudly display items from its collection — the largest collection of Zweig archival materials in North America — which include manuscript drafts, personal items and correspondence between such other early 20th century artists as James Joyce, Joseph Roth and Virginia Woolf.