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Peter Sís Discusses His Book, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

September 26th, 2007 Tana

Internationally acclaimed author, artist, and filmmaker Peter Sís will discuss his new picture book memoir The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain in Madison on Wednesday, October 3. In The Wall, Sís chronicles his development as an artist coming of age in Czechoslovakia before and during the rise of communism in the mid-20th century. The book grew out of Sís’s desire to explain to his own children that democracy and freedom cannot be taken for granted, especially in the aftermath of 9/11 and “what we’ve been willing to give up in the name of security.” Mr. Sís is the author of numerous highly regarded picture books for children and teens, including Tibet: Through the Red Box, The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, The Three Golden Keys, and Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2003. This is a free public lecture open to interested adults. Wednesday, October 3, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Room L160, Chazen Museum, UW-Madison Campus. Thanks to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center for event information.

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