IWP Advisory Committee

IWP Co-Founder Hualing Nieh Engle
Hualing Nieh Engle
IWP Co-Founder, Fiction
USA
Rhustom Barucha
Rhustom Barucha
Dramaturgy, Nonfiction
India
Edward Carey
Edward Carey
Fiction
United Kingdom
Lan Samantha Chang
Lan Samantha Chang
Fiction
USA
Bei  Dao
Bei Dao
Poetry
China
Ferida Durakovic
Ferida Durakovic
Poetry
Bosnia
Natasa Durovicova
Natasa Durovicova
Editor, translator
USA
Ed Folsom
Ed Folsom
Professor of English
USA
Helon Habila
Helon Habila
Fiction, Nonfiction
Nigeria
Robin Hemley
Robin Hemley
Nonfiction
USA
Ilya Kaminsky
Ilya Kaminsky
Poetry
USA/Russia
Eddin  Khoo
Eddin Khoo
Poetry Translation
Malaysia
Marzanna Kielar
Marzanna Kielar
Poetry
Poland
Maksym  Kurochkin
Maksym Kurochkin
Playwriting
Russia
Roberta Levitow
Roberta Levitow
Drama/Theatre
USA
Minae Mizumura
Minae Mizumura
Fiction
Japan
Charles Mulekwa
Charles Mulekwa
Playwriting
Uganda
Charles Simic
Charles Simic
Poetry, Essays, Translation
USA
Cole Swensen
Cole Swensen
Poetry
USA
Downing Thomas
Downing Thomas
Dean, International Programs
USA
Etienne van Heerden
Etienne van Heerden
Fiction
South Africa
Eliot Weinberger
Eliot Weinberger
Non-fiction, Translation
USA

Happening Now

  • 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.

  • “I went to [Ayodhya] to think about what it means to be an Indian and a Hindu... ”  A new essay by critic and novelist Chandrahas Choudhury.

  • In the January 2024 iteration of the French/English non-fiction site Frictions, T J Benson writes about “Riding Afrobeats Across the World.” Also new, a next installment in the bilingual series featuring work by students from Paris VIII’s Creative Writing program and the University of Iowa’s NFW program.

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