Arundhati Roy with Howard Zinn
When: | Wednesday 18 September 2002 |
Where: |
Lensic Performing Arts Center
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What: | In Pursuit of Cultural Freedom event |
About this Event
This event was in recognition of the Prize for Cultural Freedom awarded to Ms. Roy. It includes her highly moving speech, “Come September.” Read about Ms. Roy’s Prize for Cultural Freedom here.
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Video from this Event
Arundhati Roy reading from her work, introduction by Howard Zinn.
Arundhati Roy in conversation with Howard Zinn.

Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author, actor, and political activist. Her debut novel, The God of Small Things, received the 1997 Booker Prize, and her second novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, was...

Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 - January 27, 2010) was a historian, playwright, and activist. His classic book, A People’s History of the United States, has been called “a brilliant and moving history...