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ANN ARBOR, Mich., October 23, 2008 – Peter Ho Davies will read from and discuss his latest novel The Welsh Girl on Monday, November 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Riverside Room on the campus of Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Welsh Girl is set in Wales during the last days of World War II. The novel relates the story of a young Welsh girl, betrayed by an English soldier stationed near her rural village, and the German prisoner-of-war with whom she builds a brief but profound relationship. The Welsh Girl was ‘long-listed’ for the Man Booker Prize 2007, and short-listed for The Galaxy British Book Awards.
Peter Ho Davies is the author of the novel The Welsh Girl (2007) and the story collections The Ugliest House in the World (1997) and Equal Love (2000). His work has appeared in Harpers, The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, The Guardian, Independent, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune, among others. He has taught at the University of Oregon and Emory University and is now on the faculty of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
His short fiction has been widely anthologized, including selections for Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards 1998 and Best American Short Stories 1995, 96 and 2001. In 2003 Granta magazine named him among its twenty “Best of Young British Novelists”. Davies is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He was given the PEN/Malamud award in 2008.
For a list of upcoming Kreft Arts events visit: http://www.cuaa.edu/kreftarts. For more information on Peter Ho Davies, visit: http://www.peterhodavies.com. The Riverside Room is located in the Student Union building, just west of the chapel, on Concordia’s central campus.
Concordia University Ann Arbor is a private, Christian liberal arts institution of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Concordia offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in an environment focused on the individual student. Concordia is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) and by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Concordia’s Family Life Program is approved by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). The athletics program has helped Concordia receive the recognition of a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Champions of Character institution. Concordia is located at 4090 Geddes Road in Ann Arbor, MI. For more information, visit: www.cuaa.edu.
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