Join the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University for the 2020 International Holocaust Remembrance Day event from 7-9 p.m. Jan. 27 at Prochnow Auditorium. The evening will feature award-winning author David Treuer speaking about the Holocaust and the history in Europe in the New World.
The son of Robert Treuer, an Austrian Jew and Holocaust survivor, David Treuer is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, two Minnesota Book Awards, and fellowships from the NEH, Bush Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation. His book, “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee,” was a 2019 finalist for both the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal. He divides his time between his home on the Leech Lake Reservation and Los Angeles, where he is a professor of English. “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee” will be available for purchase in Flagstaff at Brightside Bookshop.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Melissa.cohen@nau.edu.