IWP News

Congratulations to Mo Yan (IWP '04, China), the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature!
Check out some highlights from Between the Lines 2012!
The first half of the Life of Discovery 2012 exchange between the IWP and the China Writers' Association has come to a close. The second half of the program will take place in the U.S. this fall.
The IWP's 2011 Annual Report is now available for viewing as a PDF or SWF file.
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 Norwegian Writers' Association has awarded its 2011 free expression award to Ma Thida (IWP 2005). She is its first-ever recipient from Burma.
In the first issue of the independent, English-language Iraq Literary Review, edited by Baghdad-based critics Soheil Najm (IWP 2009) and Sadek. R. Mohamed: 100+ pages of criticism, poetry, fiction, translations…
Home Boy, a novel by H. M. Naqvi (IWP 2010) about a cohort of young Pakistani New Yorkers caught in the aftermath of 9/11, is the winner of the first DSC Award, devoted to South Asian literature.
91st Meridian Books, in collaboration with British Council, presents Trust Me, I'm an Expert, a collection of essays on Afghanistan, war and culture
IWP's new book series, 91st Meridian Books, in partnership with Autumn Hill Books

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We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.
Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.
Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.
Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.
In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.