The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Please join us for a conversation between journalist Rachel Donadio and the 2019 American Library in Paris Book Award winner, Marc Weitzmann. The two will discuss his book, Hate: The Rising Tide of Anti-semitism in France (and What it Means for Us).
Marc Weitzmann is a French author and journalist, previously the editor in chief of the cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles. He has authored 12 books, including Une Place dans Le Monde, Fraternité, Quand j’étais Normal, Une Matière Inflammable, and Un Temps pour Haïr. His work–both fiction and non-fiction–explores family relationships as well as the contemporary condition, marked by globalization, terrorism, questions and politics of identity, and social isolation.
Rachel Donadio is a Paris-based contributing writer for The Atlantic, covering politics and culture across Europe. She was previously a correspondent at The New York Times, including its European Culture Correspondent, Rome Bureau Chief and a writer and editor at the New York Times Book Review. She has reported from more than two dozen countries, interviewed heads of state and film directors and profiled three Nobel laureates in literature.
The Library will be closed on the following days in May:
Wednesday 1 May – Fête du Travail (Labor Day)
Wednesday 8 May – Fête de la Victoire 1945 (WWII Victory Day)
Thursday 9 May – Jeudi de l’Ascension (Ascension)
Friends of the Library (50€ – 249€) will receive invitations to unique, donor-only programs.
Folio Society (250€ – 1 999€) supporters will be invited to the annual Book Award ceremony, as well as donor-only programs.
Gutenberg Society (2 000€ – 9 999€) patrons will have the opportunity to host a dinner with an Evenings with an Author sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg speaker, as well as all the benefits listed above.
Ex Libris Lux Society (10 000€ and above) sponsors will be invited to an annual dinner with Ex Libris Lux donors and Library leadership, as well as all the benefits listed above. They will also be invited to an exclusive cocktail dînatoire with our Gala speaker.
A charitable gift from your estate is simple to implement and is easy to change if you should need to access the assets during your lifetime. If you would like to include a gift to the Library in your will, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust. Please make sure to use the Library’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as: The American Library in Paris Inc.
Unrestricted Gift: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc, (insert dollar amount) Dollars* to be used for its general purposes.
Residuary Bequest: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc , (insert percentage amount) percent of the residue of my estate to be used for its general purposes.