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Sheila Kohler<br>
Branford College Master's Tea<br>
Weds., November 14, 2007, 4 p.m.<br>
80 High Street<br><br>
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Sheila Kohler is the author of nine books of fiction, including three
collections of short stories and six novels. Her work has won many
prizes, including two O. Henry Awards, the Smart Family Foundation Award,
and the Willa Cather Prize. Much of her earlier work derived from
her life in South Africa and Paris; her most recent novel, <i>Bluebird or
the Invention of Happiness</i>, is set in 18<sup>th</sup>-century
France. Based on historical events, it has been described by one
reviewer as a gripping fictionalized account of a young 18th-century
woman who was resourceful and daring not just for that age but for all
ages, and another has said: This important book focuses our attention on
issues of freedom and self-government that are apropos today and on . . .
the deep-rooted differences between America and Europe that we still
face.<br><br>
Ms. Kohler has taught creative writing at a number of colleges and
universities, and currently teaches at Princeton.<br>
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"There is a territory--fictional and psychological--that Sheila
Kohler has now marked as her own. I am full of
admiration."
- J. M. Coetzee<br><br>
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Contact 203/432-0524 or branford.aides@yale.edu <br>
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