Saturday, November 9, 2019, 8pm Zellerbach Hall David Sedaris Cal Performances’ 2019 –20 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo. ABOUT THE SPEAKER ith sardonic wit and incisive social He and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collab - critiques, David Sedaris has become orated under the name “e Talent Family” and Wone of America’s pre-eminent humor have written half-a-dozen plays that have been writers. He is the master of satire and one of produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and the today’s most observant writers addressing the Drama Department in New York City. ese human condition. Calypso , his latest collection plays include Stump the Host , Stitches , One of essays, is a New York Times best-seller and Woman Shoe (which received an Obie Award), a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. e Incident at Cobbler’s Knob , and e Book of Liz audiobook of Calypso was nominated for a (which was published in book form by Dra ma - 2019 Grammy in the Best Spoken Word Al - tists Play Service). bum category. Sedaris’ original audio pieces can oen be Beloved for his personal essays and short sto - heard on the public radio show is American ries, Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever , Holi - Life . He has been nominated for three Grammy days on Ice , Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Awards for Best Spoken Word and Best Come - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim , dy Album. His latest audio recording of new When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Let’s Explore stories (recorded live) is David Sedaris: Live for Diabetes with Owls, and e By Finding: Your Listening Pleasure (November 2009). A Diaries (1977–2002) . He is the author of Squirrel feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, a collection released aer a premiere at the 2013 Sundance of fables with illustrations by Ian Falconer. Each Film Festival. Since 2011, he can be heard an - of these books was an immediate bestseller. He nually on a series of live recordings on BBC was also the editor of Children Playing Before a Radio 4 entitled “Meet David Sedaris.” In 2019, Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Sedaris became a regular contributor to CBS Stories . Sedaris’ pieces regularly appear in e Sunday Morning . New Yorker and have twice been included in As a companion piece to his New York Times “e Best American Essays.” ere are over 10 best-selling book e By Finding: Diaries million copies of his books in print and they (1977–2002) , Jeffrey Jenkins published and have been translated into 25 languages. In 2018, edited an art book of Sedaris’ diary covers, Sedaris was awarded the Terry Southern Prize entitled David Sedaris Diaries: A Visual Com - for Humor, as well as the Medal for Spoken pen dium . He is currently working on a second Language from the American Academy of Arts volume of the diaries. and Letters. In March 2019, he was elected as a Follow Sedaris on Facebook at www.face - member into the American Academy of Arts book.com/davidsedaris or visit his official web - and Letters. site at www.davidsedarisbooks.com. PLAYBILL.