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Best-selling writer Asne Seierstad to talk about her experiences in war-torn countries

by Sandra Gilderhus
April 18, 2005

Best-selling writer Asne Seierstad of Norway will give a public lecture about her experiences covering the war in Iraq. Seierstad, who is fluent in five languages, has received numerous awards for her journalism in reporting from such war-torn regions as Chechyna, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. Her last two books in English translation are "The Bookseller of Kabul" and "A Hundred and One Days." The public lecture will take place in the Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, at 4 p.m. on April 18.

Contact Sandra Gilderhus at 507-646-3032 or gilderhu@stolaf.edu.