“THREE MONSTERS” - a lecture by Bill Johnston

The Comparative Literature Program at UMass Amherst invites you to:

“THREE MONSTERS”—a lecture by Bill Johnston

On his translations of Stone Upon Stone by Wiesław Myśliwski, Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz, and The Nights and the Days by Maria Dąbrowska.

HERTER HALL Rm. 301—Free and Open to the Public

Bill Johnston is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington, and an award-winning literary translator, specializing in Polish and French literature. Among his many translations are works by Magdalena Tulli, Witold Gombrowicz, Stefan Żeromski, and Juliusz Słowacki, as well as Alain Mabanckou, Jeanne Benameur, and Jean Giono.

Sponsored by the Amesbury Chair for Polish Language and Culture.