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POMFRET — Pomfret School will present Junot Díaz as the 2018 Schwartz Visiting Fellow. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist.
Díaz is scheduled to visit the Pomfret campus Jan. 25 and 26. During his two-day stay, he is expected to share his unique perspective on literature and the craft of writing with students, faculty, and the community.
At 7 p.m. on Jan. 26 Díaz will deliver a community lecture in Hard Auditorium on the Pomfret campus. This event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. To reserve a seat, visit www.pomfret.org/diaz.
“We are very excited to have someone of his stature and writing talent visit Pomfret,” said Librarian David Ring, who is coordinating the visit. “It is a wonderful opportunity for students and faculty alike.”
Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. Díaz is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. A graduate of Rutgers College, Díaz is currently the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at MIT. Since 1989, world renowned experts have visited Pomfret School under the Schwartz Visiting Fellow Program. This speaker series is the result of the vision and generosity of Michael Schwartz ’66 and Eric Schwartz ’69. Past fellows include playwright Cheryl West, marine archaeologist Robert Ballard, author Frank McCourt, and historian David McCullough, & others.