Chinese author Mo Yan (photo, right), a 2004 participant of the UI International Writing Program (IWP), recently assumed the post of chairing the newly-established Beijing Normal University International Writing Center.
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Two University of Iowa alumnae have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to conduct research internationally in 2013-14. This year's UI recipients are Margaret Ross and Rebecca McCray. Story
The Book Wings project will link up the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP) with the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and with the Moscow Art Theatre (established by Stanislavsky, home stage of Chekhov) for collaborative theatre performances on Tuesday, March 12, and Thursday, March 14, respectively. Story
Hualing Nieh and her late husband, Paul Engle, founded the University of Iowa International Writing Program in 1967. IWP has since hosted more than 1,000 writers from 120 countries and regions. Nieh and IWP are the subject of a new documentary, One Tree: Three Lives.
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Each year toward the end of their three-month residency, the three dozen or so fellows from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program gather for a closing public event titled “Images of America.” (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)
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2012.10.26 | By University Communication and Marketing | 09:46 AM
This week the International Writing Program will launch Whitman Web, an innovative web gallery that, over the course of the next year, will publish Walt Whitman’s most celebrated poem, “Song of Myself,” in 52 short weekly installments. Each installment will present one section of the 52-part poem in English alongside translations in eight other languages. Story
A series of workshops this fall sent Iowa City’s writing community and resources into other diverse communities to bring the excitement of literature and writing to youth around the state. Story
The final weekend of the University of Iowa International Writing Program fall residency will open with a free panel discussion, “Images of America,” at noon, Friday, Nov. 2, in the Iowa City Public Library. Story
Hualing Nieh Engle, co-founder of the University of Iowa International Writing Program, is the 2012 recipient of the university's International Impact Award. The UI graduate and professor emerita is being honored for her vision in creating the program, her commitment to freedom of expression around the globe, and her efforts to internationalize the UI campus. Story
2012.10.16 | By University Communication and Marketing | 03:55 PM
The Life of Discovery creative exchange project will bring four of China’s top young writers to Chicago and Iowa City for a series of creative meetings and events in the four-year project’s final exchange. Story
