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.
The IWP is among the best known institutions at the University of Iowa, and the premier institution of its kind in the world. Established in 1967 by poet and previous director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop Paul Engle and novelist and editor Hualing Nieh Engle, the program has since welcomed over 1,600 writers from over 160 countries. The documentation of their time and work in the IWP has been preserved in a variety of formats, media, and locations.
- Writer Database by Year
- Writer Database by Region/Country
- Writer Database by Genre
- Iowa City Book Festival presentations
- Iowa City Public Library presentations
- Residency Events-at-a-Glance [2014] [2013] [2012] [2011]
- The Periscope: compact interviews with alumni
- Alumni interviews in a variety of publications
- The IWP YouTube channel: video interviews with writers
- Other A/V materials
- IWP Digital Archive Main Library: audio- and video presentations 1967-
- The Peter Nazareth Tape Collection: interviews with African IWP participants
- Cultural Diplomacy: A Linchpin of Public Diplomacy (US Department of State)
- Paul Engle Conferences 2001-2007 (under re-construction)
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