Programs and events 2006Writer Amy Tan Visits KrakowNov-15-2006 | ||
Celebrated American author Amy Tan met with a group of students from the Jagiellonian University and the Pedagogical University of Krakow on November 14. The meeting was hosted by the English Philology Department of the Jagiellonian University and sponsored by the US Consulate in Krakow. Amy Tan discussed her identity as a ‘Chinese-American” writer and talked about her childhood growing up in the United States as the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Amy Tan also spoke about her works at a public book signing at the Jaszczury Students’ Club on the Main Market Square in Krakow. Ms. Tan described the process of writing her most recent novel, “Saving Fish from Drowning”, which was recently translated into Polish. Readers asked questions about the choice of Burma for the setting of her new novel and her contact with Polish authors, among other topics. Ms. Tan’s memorable stories about a dinner with Krakow’s Nobel Prize winner Czesław Miłosz ended the evening on a high note. |
 Amy Tan at a meeting at the English Philology Department of the Jagiellonian University |  (from left): writer Amy Tan, dr hab. Zygmunt Mazur, dr hab. Teresa Bela, Public Affairs Officer Susan Parker-Burns |  Audience in the English Philology Department library |  Amy Tan between poets: Adam Zagajewski and Krystyna Lenkowska at the Consul General's |
 Bogdan Zalewski interviews Amy Tan for RMF FM |  Bogdan Zalewski, RMF FM, interpreter Bartosz Krajka and Amy Tan at Jaszczury |  Audience at Jaszczury |  Amy Tan at Jaszczury enlarge image | <>
