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Questions ranged from the expansive and lofty—“These are huge questions, I feel really diminished,” Wästberg laughed—to the specific and controversial...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Literature Chair Talks Harvard | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...Engdahl] said many things out of frustration at the end of an interview...that were not wise,” Wästberg said. “I regret that...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Literature Chair Talks Harvard | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...went on to say that he agreed with Engdahl’s view of the American literature as provincial, explaining that Americans do not read enough international literature. But Wästberg added that he disagreed with Engdahl’s claim that America is removed from the worldwide literary dialogue...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Literature Chair Talks Harvard | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...sort of surprised by the extent to which the questions focused on the Nobel Prize but not on Dr. Wästberg’s humanitarian work,” said audience member Spencer B.L. Lenfield ’12. Wästberg is also known for his anti-Apartheid work in South Africa and for founding the Swedish arm of Amnesty International...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Literature Chair Talks Harvard | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

After the discussion, Wästberg returned to his former abode—Adams House, not Widener—for dinner and a reading from his memoir about his time at Harvard...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Literature Chair Talks Harvard | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

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