‘Danube’ author Claudio Magris to open John Fowles Literary Forum at Wilkinson College

The acclaimed Italian novelist and columnist Claudio Magris will be the opening speaker in the 2012-2013 John Fowles Literary Forum Monday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Henley Reading Room of Leatherby Libraries.

Magris won the Bagutta Prize in 1987 for Danubio, which The Guardian included on its list of The 110 greatest non-fiction books ever written.

The event is free and open to the public. Read more about the author and the John Fowles Literary Forum at the Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Science blog.