The items below were posted to the original IWP website as "happenings" in 2014.
"Has It Been a Good Year for Turkish Literature Lovers?" asks Today's Zaman, and answers in the affirmative. On its list are IWP alumnae Buket UZUNER (IWP '96) and Maureen FREELY (IWP'14).
Fabienne KANOR (IWP '11) is the 2014 recipient of the Prix Carbet de la Caraibe et du Tout-Monde (awarded this year in Havana) for her novel Faire l'aventure.
Mani RAO's (IWP '05 and '09) New and Selected Poems is now available from Poetrywala.
Christopher MERRILL remembering Tomaž ŠALAMUN (IWP '70) via Huffington Post.
Book Wings 2015 will feature a collaboration between theatres in Iowa City and Cape Town, South Africa.
Newsweek shares the story of Sadek MOHAMMED (IWP '14), one of the figures behind a drive to have Baghdad recognized as a UNESCO “City of Literature.”
Motti LERNER's (IWP '00) According to Chekhov is now available in English from NoPassport Press.
The work of Verena TAY (IWP 02) continues to be published, with upcoming performances in Singapore.
"Elegia al nuovo mondo," on the poetry of Narlan MATOS (IWP '02), appears in a recent issue of Poesia.
Joy GOSWAMI (IWP '01), Ranjit HOSKOTE (IWP '95) and Sridala SWAMI (IWP '13) are shortlisted for the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry.
Bilal TANWEER (IWP '12) has won the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his novel The Scatter Here Is Too Great.
Mircea CARTARESCU (IWP '90) is the recipient of the 2015 Book Prize for European Understanding. His trilogy Orbitor is forthcoming.
With the people from the bridge from Dimitris LYACOS (IWP '12), translated by Shorsha Sullivan, is out now from Shoestring Press.
Natasha TINIACOS and Franca TREUR (IWP '14) discuss the Fall Residency with ShareAmerica.
See what Publishers Weekly has to say about Bina SHAH's (IWP '11) latest novel.
The Asian American Writers' Workshop published a poem by TANG Siu Wa (IWP '14) on the Hong King protests.
Poet Ewa LIPSKA (IWP '75) talks about the new and the old poetry scene in her hometown Krakow, a recent addition to the UNESCO City of Literature network.
Amanda Lee KOE (IWP '13) has won the English fiction award at the Singapore Literature Prize.
The shortlist for the 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes for African Children's Literature includes Mamle KABU's (IWP '14) Flying through Water.
Christopher MERRILL spoke with Storytellers Campfire Radio Program about the upcoming IWP showcase at the Library of Congress.
On the 2015 longlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature are the most recent novels by Meena KANDASAMY (IWP '09) and Bilal TANWEER (IWP '12).
Omar PÉREZ (IWP '14) is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for a weeklong residency at the University of Alabama
Iowa Now tells the story of Bernice CHAULY (IWP '14) reuniting with three of her former students on the UI campus.
Christopher MERRILL comments in Huffington Post on IWP's recent, strangely curtailed, tour in the PRC.
Kei MILLER (IWP '07) wins the 2014 Forward Prize for his poetry collection The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion.
Bilal TANWEER (IWP '12) launches his first novel at the Goa Arts and Literary Festival (hosted by Ranjit HOSKOTE, IWP '95), gets a glowing review in NYTimes.
An Op-Ed piece in today's NYTimes on 'Argentine vs.The Vultures' by novelist Pola OLOIXARAC (IWP '10).
The Cedar Rapids Gazette previews Global Express, a collaborative theatre event between the UI Theatre Department and the IWP.
Mohib ZEGHAM (IWP '12) has just published his 3rd novel, titled [The Sadist].
Verena TAY's (IWP '07) flash fiction piece Verdict was published in the Junoesq Literary Journal.
Sölvi Björn SIGURÐSSON's (IWP '10) novel The Last Days of My Mother is now available.
Poet and translator Natalie HANDAL (IWP Reading Tour '11) in Guernica on translating the rising star of Palestinian literature Najwan Darwish (IWP '10).
The literary section of the excellent Caravan magazine, edited by Chandrahas CHOUDHURY (IWP '10), alerts us to a bilingual collection of poetry by Nikola MADZIROV (IWP '08).
Gerður KRISTNÝ (IWP '14) discusses her upcoming residency in The Reykjavík Grapevine Magazine.
A thoughtful piece in LARB on cultural gaps between US and Denmark--weapons culture in particular--by Mathilde CLARK (IWP 06).
The long list for the International Dylan Thomas Prize includes Reading Tour alums Daniel ALARCON and Joshua FERRIS as well as Kei MILLER (IWP '07) and Meena KANDASAMY (IWP '09).
Niq MHLONGO's (IWP '08) "Goliwood Drama" is listed as a best short story of South Africa’s democracy.
An essay by Bina SHAH (IWP '11) is featured in the International New York Times.
Susannah SHIVE, IWP distance learning coordinator, discusses how a MOOC is created in an interview with CourseTalk.
Rodrigo Garcia LOPES' (IWP '12) first novel, The Troubadour, is now available in Brazil.
Taleb AL REFAI (IWP '12) is featured in the July issue of the Words Without Borders magazine.
Matías CORREA’s (IWP ’12) new novel Autoayuda will be launched at the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile on July 10th with the help of IWP alum Alberto FUGUET (IWP ‘94).
Kei MILLER (IWP '07) was among the many writers participating in the NINITI International Literature Festival in Erbil (Kurdistan/Iraq), co-organized by ArtRole and the British Council.
Whiti HEREAKA's (IWP '13) novel Bugs received an honor award from the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
Bina SHAH ('11) discusses her experience as a fall resident in this new video.
John BANVILLE (IWP ‘80) is the first Irish author to win the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature.
Taleb AL REFAI (IWP '12) shares his experience teaching creative writing at the American University of Kuwait, based on a U.S. curriculum, in Al-Jarida.
Bina SHAH's (IWP '11) "Pakistan Unveiled" column in Sampsonia Way receives Golden Quill Award for "Best Continuing Blog Series."
Kyoko YOSHIDA's (IWP '05) very funny short story collection, Disorientalism, will be launched at the 2014 Sidney Book Festival.
Josephine ROWE (IWP '11, Australia) awarded 2014-2016 Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University.
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.
Billy Karanja KAHORA (IWP '10, Kenya), shortlisted for the 2014 Caine Prize for African Writing.
The distinguished Romanian poet and translator Nina CASSIAN (IWP '86) died in New York, where she had sought political asylum in 1985.
A new Iowa Literaria just out, with an Iowa City dossier featuring South Cone alums Martin REJTMAN ('00), Giovanna RIVERO ('04), Fedosy SANTAELLA ('09),Gonzalo GARCES ('10), Luis BRAVO ('10) and Maria CRISTOFF ('11).
We note with sadness the passing of playwright, scholar, novelist and activist Pat Amadu MADDY (Sierra Leone; IWP '92).
Milagros SOCORRO (IWP '12) in Words Without Borders: Writing from Venezuela.
Essayist and activist Krzysztof CZYZEWSKI (IWP Souk Ukaz '09) is among the recipients of the 2014 Dan David Prize for innovative and interdisciplinary research.
(IWP '07, Syria) shortlisted for the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Yvonne Owour ADHIAMBO's (IWP '05, Kenya) novel Dust on NPR.
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.