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St. Louis, Jan. 31, 1991—Awardwinning writer William H. Gass, director of the International Writers Center at Washington University, has chosen 50 books that have influenced his work for an exhibit titled “A Temple of Texts: Fifty Literary Pillars.” Sponsored by the Washington University Libraries, the exhibit, which features Gass’ comments about each of the books, is on display from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through April 10 in the special collections department of the university’s Olin Library, which is located near Graham Chapel.
For the exhibit, Gass has selected works from a diverse group of American and international writers, including William Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, Jose Lezama Lima, Ezra Pound, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, Gertrude Stein and Gustave Flaubert. Gass, who is the David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington University, won the National Book Critics Circle award for the most distinguished work of criticism in 1985.
He received the honor for “Habitations of the Word,” a collection of essays on literature, philosophy and language.
The exhibit inaugurates the university’s international Writers Center, which serves as a focal point for writers interested in international issues such as censorship and exile.
The center is housed in rooms 101 and 103 of Busch Hall.
For more information on the exhibit, call (314) 889-5495.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, March 1991.
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