José's DUSK: A Colloquium

Filipino novelist F. Sionil José will respond to critical essays by advanced undergraduates on DUSK, one of his best known works. The event is free and open to the public.

F. Sionil José is the Writer in Residence in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, April 15-May 15. He was born on December 3, 1924 in Rosales, Pangasinan. In 1958, José founded the Philippine Center of PEN, an international organization of poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists. In 1965 he established the publishing firm Solidaridad and edited the journal Solidarity. His work includes eleven novels, five books of short stories, a book of verse, a collection of stories for children, and four books of essays. His five-novel Rosales saga, consisting of The Pretenders, Tree, My Brother My Executioner, Mass, and Po-on, has been published in the United States and translated in various languages in Asia and Europe.