Mani RAO

2005 Resident

2009 Resident

Eastern Asia

Southern Asia

Hong Kong

India

Asia

Chinese

Hindi

Mani RAO is the author of seven books of poetry. Her essays and poems have appeared in Tinfish, Wasafiri, West Coast Line, 91st Meridian, Fulcrum, Zoland Poetry and many anthologies, with translations published in seven languages. Rao is currently completing a poetic translation of the Bhagavad Gītā from Sanskrit.

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Mar 05, 7:00 pm Trilingual Reading of Chuck Miller's Poetry at Shambaugh House

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Out of nearly 450 novel titles, the shortlist of ten finalists for the distinguished Vargas Llosa Biannual Award given by the Universidad de Guadalajara contains The Night by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón (IWP '13) and Los sueños de la serpiente by Alberto Ruy Sánchez (guest, IWP '09).
In an interview with EuropeNow, Vladimir POLEGANOV (IWP '16) talks about the limits of realist fiction, and the strengths of writing residencies.
Congratulations to our friend and former colleague Kelsi VANADA, the recipient of the 2018 Translation Prize from the American-Scandinavian Foundation for her rendering, from the Swedish, of poems by Marie SILKEBERG (IWP, '15).
A lively talk with poet, journalist, translator, and now award-winning Indonesian novelist Laksmi Pamuntjak (IWP '06) at the 2018 Frankfurter Buchmesse.
A rich review in The Hindu of Samay Ki Kasak , the recent Hindi translation of poet, translator, editor and painter Sukrita Paul Kumar's (IWP '02) most recent poetry collection.

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