The Debaters, a play by Chris MLALAZI (IWP '12) about a hypothetical presidential debate in an unnamed African country, just went into rehearsal in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
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Billy Karanja KAHORA (IWP '10, Kenya), shortlisted for the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing.
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The distinguished Romanian poet and translator Nina CASSIAN (IWP '86) died in New York, where she had sought political asylum in 1985.
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We note with sadness the passing of playwright, scholar, novelist and activist Pat Amadu MADDY (Sierra Leone; IWP '92).
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Essayist and activist Krzysztof CZYZEWSKI (IWP Souk Ukaz '09) is among the recipients of the 2014 Dan David Prize for innovative and interdisciplinary research.
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(IWP '07, Syria) shortlisted for the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
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Yvonne Owour ADHIAMBO's (IWP '05, Kenya) novel Dust on NPR.
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Daniel WEISSBORT, the long-time director of UI's MFA in Translation, editor, translator and mensch, passed away in November of 2013. His legacy at the IWP endures.
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