{"id":14944,"date":"2016-05-04T14:06:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T10:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/event\/iliauni-turns-10-years-old-meeting-with-dbc-pierre\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:40:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:40:34","slug":"iliauni-turns-10-years-old-meeting-with-dbc-pierre","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/event\/iliauni-turns-10-years-old-meeting-with-dbc-pierre\/","title":{"rendered":"ILIAUNI TURNS 10 YEARS OLD \u2013 MEETING WITH DBC PIERRE"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 19, at 19:00, at Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University, within the events \u201cIlia State University turns 10 years old<\/strong>,\u201d a meeting will be held with writer DBC Pierre. The meeting has been organized by the First Tbilisi International Festival of Literature and Ilia State University.<\/p>\n

Moderator<\/strong> \u2013 producer and translator, Guram Ghonghadze<\/p>\n

Regarding the Author
\n<\/strong>
\nWriter DBC Pierre was born in Australia, in 1961. However, along with his family he mostly lived in Mexico. Before taking up writing, rather scandalous young Pierre was an enthusiastic painter. His first book Vernon God Little was published in 2001 and instantly won worldwide acclaim. This was the first book having been granted both Whitbread and Booker Awards. Moreover, the book was published in 43 countries including Georgia. It was later followed by two novels \u201cLudmila’s Broken English\u201d published in 2006 and \u201cLights Out in Wonderland,\u201d edited in 2010. In 2014, \u201cBreakfast with the Borgias\u201d was also published.
\nToday DBC Pierre lives in Britain and Ireland.<\/p>\n

Time and Date:<\/strong> May 19, 19:00<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: Book House Ligamus, Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue #32
\nAll welcome to attend the event<\/p>\n