Ben Okri & Marcus du Sautoy: Narrative Wizardry

02/21/2016
61 min
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A breathtaking and unforgettable tour-de-force from two consummate storytellers. Novelist and academic Professor Elleke Boehmer is their guide. Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri and mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy make a delightfully surprising and dynamic duo as they explore narrative and form in literature and maths.

An event from 2016 Jewish Book Week.

About the speakers

Elleke Boehmer

Elleke Boehmer is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, and Professorial Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College.

Ben Okri

Sir Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction.

Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus du Sautoy is a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. In 2001 he won the Berwick Prize of The London Mathematical Society and in 2006 gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. In 2008 he was appointed to Oxford University’s prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science. Image © Niall McDiarmid

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Ben Okri & Marcus du Sautoy: Narrative Wizardry

02/21/2016
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61 min

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Elleke Boehmer

Elleke Boehmer is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, and Professorial Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College.

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Ben Okri

Sir Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have...

Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus du Sautoy is a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. In 2001 he won the Berwick Prize of The London Mathematical Society and in...