March 3
"Distant Lands, Diverse Cultures"
Readings by Satyam Sikha Moorty
Emeritus Professor of English, Southern Utah University
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Library Auditorium (LI 120)
(Cosponsored with the the Department of English and Literature as part of
the Guest Authors Reading Series)
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Satyam S. Moorty, Professor of English from 1975 to 2006 at Southern Utah
University, Cedar City, Utah, originally from India, was a Senior Fulbright
Specialist in American literature at Karl Franzens University, Graz,
Austria, Summer 2006, Moldova State University, Summer 2005; recipient of
Outstanding Scholar Award of Southern Utah University for 2004-2005; most
recently he was a Fulbright Scholar in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2007; earlier, he
was Fulbright Scholar at Moldova State University, Chisinau, Moldova
(2002-2003), his second Fulbright; the first was at Sanaa University,
Republic of Yemen (1989-1990); Balkan Scholar at the American University in
Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Southeastern Europe, Fall 1997; Ph.D. (English)
University of Utah, Salt Lake City; M.A. (English), Delhi University, Delhi,
India; Bachelor's in Business from Osmania University, Hyderabad, South
India; published widely in the U.S., France, Spain, Moldova, Romania, and
India on F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frank Norris, Shakespeare, Indian Writers in
English, as also award-winning personal essays, poetry, and book reviews.
Recipient of several awards, including TANA Award for excellence in
literature, Cultural Festival of India¹s Felicitation Award, twice recipient
of Distinguished Faculty Honor Lecture, SUU; Distinguished Faculty
Publication Award; Utah Academy's Distinguished Teaching Award;
Post-doctoral NEH Summer Fellowship, Cornell University. Most recently he
was a recipient of 'outstanding professor' of Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor
Society; recipient of Multicultural Center Award.
After thirty one years of teaching, Moorty retired from SUU at the end of
2005-2006 school year, i.e. end of June 2006; thereafter, he went to Austria
to teach graduate classes in American literature at Karl Franzens
University, Graz, May-June 2006 as a Senior Fulbright Specialist; his third
regular Fulbright Scholar position was in Baku, Azerbaijan, from
February-June 2007. During his tenure in Baku he traveled widely in Tbilisi,
Georgia, Turkey, and Greece. In May 2008 he went back to Baku on a short
visit to participate in the release of his book of poems and short stories,
an expanded version of the one first published in April 2006 by the English
department of Southern Utah University ("Distant Lands, Diverse Cultures")
when he gave readings at three universities and addressed Azeri Poets'
Association.
Moorty has lectured widely on varieties of topics at the U.S. Air Force
Academy, Colorado Springs, universities and colleges in Utah, Romania,
Slovenia, Moldova, Yemen, Azerbaijan, and India. He gave readings of his
poetry in India, Bulgaria, Yemen, Romania, Moldova, Slovenia, Azerbaijan,
and the U.S.at South Asia Club, Yale University; Center for South Asian
Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Most recently, October 2, 2008,
Moorty gave a reading of his 'work in progress,' a series of poems on 'fear'
at Southern Utah University.
Moorty is now serving a second term on the Board of Directors of the Utah
Humanities Council.
Moorty is a biographee in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in the West, The
Directory of Distinguished Americans, Dictionary of International Biography.
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David R. Keller, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Ethics
Utah Valley University
801.863.6363
http://ethicscenter.info/
