Michael Frank is the author of \;What is Missing\, a novel\, and \;The Mighty Franks\, a memoir\, which won the 2018 JQ-Wingate Prize and was named one of the best books of the year by \;The Telegraph \;and \;The New Statesman. Michael served a s a Contributing Writer to the \;Los Angeles Times Book Review \;f or nearly ten years. \;His most recent book is \;One Hundred Satur days\, the story of Stella Levi\, who was raised within the culturally ric h and vibrant \;Juderia \;of Rhodes\, and who\, along with her com munity\, was transported to Auschwitz in 1944. \; A recipient of a 202 0 Guggenheim Fellowship\, Michael lives with his family in New York City a nd Camogli\, Italy. \;
\nPlease join us online or in-person \;for \;a conversation with Michael Frank\, \;author of \;One Hundred Saturdays\, the story of Stella Levi and her once vibrant Jewish c ommunity of Rhodes\, Greece. Frank's novel delves into the culturally rich traditions of the Sephardic \;Juderia\, whose members originally migr ated from Turkey and Spain and who communicated in a plethora of languages \, including Hebrew\, Spanish\, Turkish\, and Italian. \; \;
\ nFrank is a recipient of the 2018 JQ-Wingate Prize\, and has served as Contributing Writer to the Los Angeles Times Book Review. \;The recip ient of a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship\, Michael lives with his family in Ne w York City and Camogli\, Italy. \;
\nTopics covered during the discussion will include: \;Stella&rsquo\;s coming-of-age on this lum inous\, legendary island in the eastern Aegean\, the cultural vibrancy of the Rhodes Jewish community\, the significance of the Italian colonization of Rhodes in 1912\, and the deportation and destruction of the Jewish com munity from the furthest location under Nazi influence. \;
\nSponsored by the Circle of Friends for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library.
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