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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Bejan MATUR and Vivek SHANBHAG are participating in the newly reopened Civitella Ranieri arts residency in Umbria (Italy).
Translator, scholar, poet, writer Edmund “Mike” KEELEY, who at UI devised the very first translation workshop, died at his home in Princeton. RIP.
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A WWB interview with Kristian Sendon CORDERO on literary entrepreneurship in the Philippines, on translating “major” lit into “minor” languages, and on Prairie Lights Books as inspiration.

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