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December 11, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews The Huffington Post lists the best picture books of 2015 and gives a nostalgic tribute to NSK Neustadt Prize laureate Vera B. Williams. Robert J. Fouser takes a... -
December 4, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews Literature in translation makes up 13% of the New York Times Notable Books for 2015 list. WLT contributor Claire Messud shares her reading highlights... -
November 25, 2015 |A cover feature on NSK Neustadt Prize laureate Meshack Asare featuring Asare’s keynote address and Prize lecture and nominating juror Nii Ayikwei Parkes’s tribute, “Meshack Asare in the Pantheon of An...
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November 20, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews The National Book Awards winners were announced Wednesday night. The winners were Adam Johnson in fiction, Ta-Nehisi Coates in nonfiction, Robin Coste Lewis in poetry, a... -
November 13, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews In this article from the Korea Herald, translator Sora Kim-Russell points to a “dark, earthy humor” buried under the angst and sorrow in Korean literature. Ukr... -
November 6, 2015 |News, Reviews, and Interviews Many literary translation awards were announced last week! The ALTA blog showcases the winners of the Italian Prose in Translation Award, the National Translation Award i...
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November 4, 2015 |
The following is a clip from the Colorado Academy monthly newsletter. Four students from the school were selected to attend the 2015 Neustadt Festival of International Literature and Culture. Says Hea... -
October 30, 2015 |News, Reviews, and Interviews Dubravka Ugrešić has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Neustadt Prize! Beyond Ugrešić’s win, there’s more good news for Croatian literature—the newly launched mag...
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October 23, 2015 |Dubravka Ugrešić Announced as 2016 Winner of Prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Dubravka Ugrešić. Photo by Judith Jockel. Novelist and essayist Dubravka Ugrešić has been named the 24th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature.... -
October 16, 2015 |News, Reviews, and Interviews Catch one of our Reader’s Choice essayists Aleš Debeljak at a poetry reading October 21 at the University of Richmond. The event is part of the university’s Writers Serie...
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October 9, 2015 |
Demonstration for Raif Badawi outside the Embassy of Saudi-Arabia, Helsinki, Finland. Raif Badawi was named the 2015 International Writer of Courage this week. Photo by Amnesty International/Flickr.... -
October 2, 2015 |
Jenny Erpenbeck is shortlisted for the 2015 German Book Prize. News, Reviews, and Interviews Young-adult books are often challenged. This article from the Los Angeles Times lists the 10 mos... -
September 25, 2015 |News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2015 National Book Awards longlist is out, and Flavorwire has compiled a post that summarizes each of the books. A recent article from the New York Times po...
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September 18, 2015 |News, Reviews, and Interviews In this new video interview, United States poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera converses about poetry and the poet’s role in American culture today. The Man Booker Prize r...
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September 11, 2015 |
Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo by Christine Zenino/Flickr News, Reviews, and Interviews The Reykjavik International Literary Festival continues this weekend and features authors recently featured or revi... -
September 4, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews The September issue of WLT is here! Get the print or digital issue today. Science-fiction writer Liu Cixin won the 2015 Hugo Award for best novel. Check out th... -
September 2, 2015 |
NEWS RELEASE Kate PetersSenior PR Director, COHN303-839-1415 [email protected] Robert Con DavisExecutive Director, World Literature Today405-325-453... -
September 2, 2015 |A Cover Feature on Poetry Inspired by post-1950 Visual Art featuring poems by Lauren Camp, Lola Créïs, Hedy Habra, Wafaa S. Jdeed, Circe Maia, Tatiana Oroño, Rita Mockus, Ravi Shankar, Ramó...
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June 4, 2015 |
Source: DU VideoManager On May 27, WLT celebrated the release of its May 2015 issue at a standing-room-only launch party at Denver’s Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Watch guest editors Ad... -
May 27, 2015 |
An international, nine-member jury of accomplished writers have selected the shortlist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, with their sole criterion for nominating finalists being di... -
May 18, 2015 |
The 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature jury panel features nine writers: Alison Anderson, United States/Switzerland Porochista Khakpour, Iran/United States Valeria Luiselli, Mexico/Uni... -
Photo by Christian Holzinger/Unsplash The editors of WLT have each selected three books they’re looking forward to reading this summer. Peruse our selections to get ideas for your own summer... -
April 2, 2015 |
The executive director, editors, and staff at World Literature Today at the University of Oklahoma are saddened to hear of Astrid Ivask’s death. In her time at the University of Oklahoma in... -
March 31, 2015 |UPDATE: PRAESA (Project for the Study of Alternative Educations) has received the 2015 ALMA award. Watch the videos below to see the announcement and to learn more about this organization in South Afr...
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February 25, 2015 |
From February 25 to March 10, we are inviting readers to tell us what they like most about WLT. In 25 words or less, tweet us some love with the hashtag...
