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Time: 6:00 pm

Date: November 20, 2024

Cost: Free

Event Category: Book Launch

Location: Librairie Le Port de tête—262 avenue du Mont-Royal Est, Montreal, Quebec Phone: 514.678.9566 Venue Website

Organizer: Jewish Public Library, (514) 345-2627, info@jplmontreal.org, View Organizer Website

Wednesday, November 20, 6:00 pm ET
Librairie Le Port de tête (269 avenue du Mont-Royal Est, Montreal)

Join Robert Schwartzwald et Sherry Simon for the launch of their new book: Worldwise: Édouard Roditi’s Twentieth Century.

About the Authors

Robert Schwartzwald is a Professor of literature at the Université de Montréal and Chair of the Jewish Public Library’s J.I. Segal Awards Committee. His publications include a monograph on the film C.R.A.Z.Y. and the English translation of Daniel Guérin’s The Brown Plague : Travels in Late Weimar and Early Nazi Germany.

Sherry Simon is Distinguished Professor Emerita, Concordia University. She has published widely on the cultural dynamics of multilingual cities, including  Translating Montreal and Translation Sites.

 

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