Kiwao NOMURA

2005 Resident

Asia
Eastern Asia
Japan

Japanese

Kiwao NOMURA, a graduate of Waseda University Center for International Education, has published ten books of poetry, most notably Under the Sun without Character, which received the Rekitei Prize; Distribution of the Wind, which won the Takami Jun Prize; and New Inspiration, which earned the Gendaishi-Hanatsubaki Prize. Known for his critical work, his performances, and his translations, Mr. Nomura is among the most creative Japanese poets working today. He is participating courtesy of the Freeman Foundation.

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Among the 2020 finalists for the distinguished Neustadt International Prize for Literature are two IWP alumni: Sahar KHALIFEH (Palestinian Territories, IWP ’78) and Eduardo HALFÓN (Guatemala/USA; US Study Tours ’11). Congratulations!
On the shortlist of ALTA’s National Translation Award for 2020 (prose) is God’s Wife by Amanda MICHALOPOULOU (IWP ’19), translated from the Greek by Patricia Felisa Barbeito.
On 10/15/2020, the Al Quds/Jerusalem-based Palestinian poet Najwan DARWISH (IWP ‘10) and his translator will be launching Najwan’s new English-language collection, Embrace. (Registration for the Zoom event and a small fee required.)
Nine contemporary American stories were rendered into Russian by a collective of young Kazakhstani translators, working with editor Yuriy SEREBRIANSKY (IWP ’17) at the Translation Laboratory, hosted by American Space & Makerspace Almaty.
High as the Waters Rise, the English translation of the award-winning debut novel of the German poet Anja KAMPMANN (IWP’ 10) covers 'the fallout of capitalism’s dependence on oil' ‘in rich imagery and exquisite language.’ Watch her and her translator in conversation on Tues 9/29/20, 5pm CST.

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