‘Pachinko’ Author Min Jin Lee Lecture at Emory

The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature, now housed in the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, began in 1988 and have welcomed authors such as Seamus Heaney, Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr., Margaret Atwood, and Salman Rushdie to Emory’s campus.

The Ellmann Lectures will return with acclaimed novelist Min Jin Lee, who will lecture on the theme “Can Wisdom be Taught?”, exploring the subject of wisdom in an unpredictable world. Can wisdom—perhaps the highest value of an enlightened life—be taught and learned? What role do stories play in the cultivation of knowledge, discernment, and good judgment?

Min Jin Lee is the author of the novels Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, which was selected as a National Book Award finalist, named one of the New York Times “100 Best Books of the Century,” and adapted into an award-winning series on Apple TV+. She has just completed her third novel, American Hagwon, and is at work on a memoir entitled Name Recognition.