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Annual Leon Levy Biography Lecture: Walter Isaacson

Published: September 21, 2023; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: September 28, 2023
Where: The Graduate Center

Address: 365 5th Avenue New York, NY 10016 United States

Phone: +1 212-817-7000

Web: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/

Upon publication of his anticipated biography of Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson gives this year’s Leon Levy Lecture on the craft of writing and researching biography. He reveals lessons learned while writing biographies of creative people and the challenges of “untangling their light and dark strands.” Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023.

Location: Proshansky Auditorium

Time: 6:00 pm EDT

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