The American Library in Paris Writer-in-Residence program was created to foster cultural and artistic exchange between prominent writers and the Library community. The sinvites a writer for a short-term residency that will provide a unique opportunity for engagement. This residency is made possible through the support of the de Groot Foundation.
The Writer in Residence is by invitation only.
2020:
Amanda Gorman Amanda Gorman (Summer 2020 Writer-in-Residence) made history in 2017 by being named the first ever National Youth Poet Laureate in the United States and again in 2020 When she read… More
Geraldine Brooks Australian-born Geraldine Brooks (2020 Writer-in-Residence) grew up in Sydney. She worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the… More2018:
Viet Thanh Nguyen Viet Thanh Nguyen (July 2018 Writer-in-Residence) is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California.… More