An Evening in Celebration of our Inagural Eugene ONeill Lifetime Acheivement Award winner
WILLIAM KENNEDY
in association with Irish American Writers & Artists and the Irish Arts Center
Thursday, April 11th | 7:30 pm
Admission: FREE |Reservations Essential
Master of Ceremonies
Peter Quinn
Special Guests
Dan Barry Aedin Moloney Tara O’Grady Mary Tierney
“Kennedy, master of the Irish-American lament in works like Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game and Ironweed,
proves here he can play with both hands and improvise on a theme without losing the beat.”
– THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Join us for an evening with William Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, screenwriter and playwright, winner of the , celebrated with readings by Mary Tierney and Dan Barry from Kennedy’s works Ironweed, Roscoe and others, music by Tara O’Grady, and a conversation with William Kennedy moderated by Dan Barry.
Afterwards join us in the IAC Gallery for a reception and book signing.
William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. Kennedy has brought his native city to literary life in Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ironweed. He is the founding director of the New York State Writers Institute and, in 1993, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received numerous literary awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and IAW&A’s inaugural Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award.
Thursday, April 11th | 7:30 pm
For more information, and to reserve tickets go to
http://www.irishartscenter.org/literature/kennedy.html
or call 866.811.4111
at Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019