Author Richard Katrovas, the academic founder of the famed international Prague Summer Program for writers, will visit the campus of Fresno State as part of the English Department's annual Visiting Writer Series, co-hosted by the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing and the students of the San Joaquin Literary Association.

Katrovas is an author of both poetry and prose. He has written six books of poetry, two memoirs, a book of short stories and a novel. His most recent book is the memoir "The Years of Smashing Bricks," released this year by Carnegie Mellon University Press. While on a Fulbright fellowship, Katrovas lived in the Czech Republic and witnessed the Velvet Revolution, later inspiring him to create the influential Prague writing program.

The event will take place in Room 194 of the University Business Center, inside the Peters Business Building at Fresno State. For details, contact the English Department at (559) 278-2553. (The map below is incorrect.)