PEN New England and the Boston Public Library to host Memorial Tribute to William Styron featuring Dean Kenneth Greenberg.

On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. PEN New England and the Boston Public Library will pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize winning author, William Styron.

 The evening will feature readings from his acclaimed (and often controversial) works, reminiscences by friends and colleagues, and a discussion of his lasting impact.  Speakers will include Robert Brustein, founding director of the Yale Repertory and American Repertory Theaters; Geraldine Brooks, author of Year of Wonders and March, which won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for fiction; Gail Caldwell, Pulitzer Prize-winning chief book critic of the Boston Globe, Kenneth Greenberg, editor of a definitive edition of Confessions of Nat Turner and co-producer of a PBS documentary on the book; and Jennifer Haigh, award-winning author of Mrs. Kimble and Baker Towers.

A Tribute to William Styron
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
6:00 p.m.
Boston Public Library, Copley Square
Abbey Room (McKim Building)
Free admission; open to the public