{"483771":{"#nid":"483771","#data":{"type":"event","title":"A Reading by German Journalist \u0026 Author Thomas Pletzinger","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas Pletzinger\u2019s articles regularly appear in the German weekly \u003Cem\u003EDie Zeit \u003C\/em\u003Eand in the nation\u2019s leading news magazine \u003Cem\u003EDER SPIEGEL\u003C\/em\u003E. His critically acclaimed novel \u003Cem\u003EBestattung eines Hundes \u003C\/em\u003E(Kiepenheuer \u0026amp; Witsch, 2008) was published by W. W. Norton as \u003Cem\u003EFuneral for a Dog \u003C\/em\u003Eand has won him several awards. For his second book \u003Cem\u003EGentlemen, wir leben am Abgrund \u003C\/em\u003E(Kiepenheuer \u0026amp; Witsch, 2012; \u003Cem\u003EGentlemen, We Are Living on the Edge\u003C\/em\u003E) he spent an entire season with the professional basketball team ALBA Berlin. He currently teaches Creative Writing at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. In his presentation, Pletzinger will read excerpts from his works, talk about his passion for Basketball, and share related stories!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn his presentation, Pletzinger will read excerpts from his works, talk about his passion for basketball, and share related stories!\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In his presentation, Pletzinger will read excerpts from his works, talk about his passion for basketball, and share related stories!"}],"uid":"28754","created_gmt":"2016-01-08 12:45:33","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:17:14","author":"T. Jesse Brannen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-02-01T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-02-01T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-02-01T15:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-02-01 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-02-01 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-02-01 20:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"483721":{"id":"483721","type":"image","title":"Thomas Pletzinger","body":null,"created":"1452895200","gmt_created":"2016-01-15 22:00:00","changed":"1475895236","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:56","alt":"Thomas Pletzinger","file":{"fid":"204255","name":"thomas_pletzinger_picture_square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thomas_pletzinger_picture_square_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thomas_pletzinger_picture_square_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":27597,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thomas_pletzinger_picture_square_1.jpg?itok=4osiaHC5"}}},"media_ids":["483721"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:marketing@modlangs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emarketing@modlangs.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}