Saturday 16 July
Serpentine Gallery
Sackler Centre of Arts Education, 3pm
Free
With an introduction by Bidoun contributing editor Shumon Basar, followed by Hisham Matar in conversation with Maya Jaggi
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For the inaugural Bidoun Library Saturday Seminar author **Hisham Matar will be reading from his second novel, Anatomy of a Disappearance. This will be followed by an in-conversation with cultural journalist and critic Maya Jaggi. The event will be introduced by writer, editor and curator Shumon Basar
Hisham Matar (born 1970) is a Libyan author. Born in New York City in 1970 to Libyan parents, Matar spent his childhood first in Tripoli and then in Cairo. He has lived in the UK since 1986. His debut novel In the Country of Men was shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and won the 2007 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. Matar’s essays have appeared in Asharq Alawsat, The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and The New York Times.
The Bidoun Library Project is up at the Serpentine from 12 July - 17 September. Click here for more information on Saturday Seminars.