Department of French

A lecture by award-winning Mauritian author

Ananda Devi

Sponsored by the French Department and the E. Joseph McCarthy Endowment

Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 4:00 PM
McShain Lounge, McCarthy Hall
Reception to follow


Ananda Devi grew up in a multilingual, translational universe of Creole and Bhojpuri, English and French, Hindi and Mandarin. Does growing up multilingual better prepare one for a multicultural world? Or does it make one a jack-of-all-languages but master of none? How does one find a common cultural identity and understanding? These are the kinds of questions that Ananda Devi will elaborate on in her discussion of her own experience as a writer and citizen of the world.
The lecture will be in French, but the author will be willing to answer questions in English.

For more information, contact Professor Miléna Santoro, 7-4139.


This tour is organized by the Délégation générale de l’Alliance Française aux États-Unis with the support of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie