420 West 116th Street, New York City
THE SWEDISH PROGRAM
OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
PRESENTS
Tuesday, October 26 at 7 p.m.
Stockholm's Royal Library Thief (.pdf)
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A documentary by Jesper Huor
The strange case of a head librarian who had a bad habit of turning rare books into gold: a documentary on crime and double-dealing among Sweden's academic elite.
Translated from the Swedish by Verne Moberg.
Directed by Ingrid Kullberg-Bendz.
This documentary drama first appeared in Sweden as an article in VI magazine in autumn 2008 and also on Swedish Radio, for which the author was awarded the Grand Radio Prize for the best reportage of 2009.
The public is invited and admission is free. Listen to the author tell the back story and do a Q & A after the show, then stay for the reception following.
Sponsored by the Swedish Program with the assistance of the Swedish Women's Educational Association�New York Chapter and the Friends of Columbia Libraries.
For further information: Tel.: 212-854-4015;
e-mail: [email protected].