Book Talk - Ben Hecht: Iconoclastic Writer and Militant Zionist

September 18, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Hamilton Library - Room 306

Author Julien Gorbach, Associate Professor of Journalism, School of Information and Communication, UH ²ŃÄå²Ō“Ē²¹

Dr. Gorbach will discuss the life, work and current relevance of Ben Hecht, the legendary ā€œShakespeare of Hollywood,ā€ a Chicago crime reporter and leading Hollywood screenwriter who played a critical role in history by shattering the American media silence about the Naziā€™s Final Solution to the Jewish Question. Hechtā€™s calls to save ā€œthe soul of manā€ is the focus of his recently published biography, The Notorious Ben Hecht: Iconoclastic Writer and Militant Zionist (Purdue University Press, 2019).


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In person or via Zoom.

Event Sponsor
Library Services, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Clement Guthro, 808-956-7205, guthroc@hawaii.edu,

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