IWP Advisory Committee

Rhustom Barucha
Rhustom Barucha
Dramaturgy, Nonfiction
India
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Leopoldo Brizuela
Fiction
Argentina
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Edward Carey
Fiction
United Kingdom
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Lan Samantha Chang
Fiction
USA
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Bei Dao
Poetry
China
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Ferida Durakovic
Poetry
Bosnia
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Ed Folsom
Carver Professor of English
USA
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Helon Habila
Fiction, Nonfiction
Nigeria
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Robin Hemley
Nonfiction
USA
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Ilya Kaminsky
Poetry
USA/Russia
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Eddin Khoo
Poetry Translation
Malaysia
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Marzanna Kielar
Poetry
Poland
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Maksym Kurochkin
Playwriting
Russia
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Roberta Levitow
Drama/Theatre
USA
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James McPherson
Fiction
USA
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Minae Mizumura
Fiction
Japan
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Charles Mulekwa
Playwriting
Uganda
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Hualing Nieh Engle
Fiction
USA
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Tomaz Salamun
Poetry
Slovenia
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Saadi Simawe
Poetry Translation
Iraq
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Charles Simic
Poetry
USA
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Cole Swensen
Poetry
USA
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Downing Thomas
Associate Provost and Dean of International Programs
USA
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Etienne van Heerden
Fiction
South Africa
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Eliot Weinberger
Nonfiction Translation
USA

Happening Now... (more)
  • The IWP & The Moscow Art Theatre will present Book Wings, a collaborative literary and theatrical performance on Fri. March 9th, 2012 in Theatre B of the University of Iowa's Theatre Arts building.

  • Nigerian playwright, novelist, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka gave a public lecture on November 6 as part of the closing festivities of the 2011 IWP residency.

  • The newest release from 91st Meridian Books: How to Write an Earthquake, a trilingual French-Creole-English e-anthology of poetry and prose responding to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

  • The IWP's 2010 Annual Report is available for viewing (PDF / SWF).

  • The Norwegian Writers' Association has awarded its 2011 free expression award to Ma Thida (IWP 2005). She is its first-ever recipient from Burma.