Michael Cunningham, who won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for his novel “The Hours,” will appear at the University of Central Arkansas on Oct. 16.
As part of UCA’s Artists in Residence program, Cunningham will read from his works and take questions at 7:30 p.m. in Stanley Russ Hall Room 103. A book signing will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
Cunningham will also hold an informal master class with UCA creative writing students on campus Wednesday morning, Oct. 17.
Cunningham earned his bachelor of arts degree in English literature from Stanford University and his M.F.A from the University of Iowa. He published his first novel, A Home at the End of the World, in 1990 and Flesh and Blood in 1995.
Cunningham’s other work includes a nonfiction book, Land’s End: A Walk Through Provincetown, and Specimen Days (June 2005). His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, and other publications. His story ?White Angel? was chosen for Best American Short Stories 1989, and another story, ?Mister Brother,? appeared in the 2000 O. Henry Collection.
Among his other honors are a 1982 Michener Fellowship from the University of Iowa, a 1988 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a 1993 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 1995 Whiting Writers Award.
The Artists in Residence program is funded through UCA’s arts fee and administered by the College of Fine Arts and Communication.