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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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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Assia Djebar. Photo by Irmeli Jung.
The editors and staff of World Literature Today were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Algerian-born novelist, translator, and filmmaker Assi...
A cover feature on Iranian exile lit featuring Moniro Ravanipour, Omid Fallahazad, Mohsen Emadi, and Mana Neyestani, guest-edited by Persis Karim
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Roberto Fernández Retamar’s reading re...
Happy Are the Happy
Yasmina Reza
John Cullen, tr.
A short advance excerpt from Yasmina Reza’s new novel fairly crackles with electric wit and precise comedic timing. Her award-winning talent as a pl...
Asare is the first African writer to be awarded the biennial $25,000 PrizeWorld Literature Today, the award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today...
As part of World Literature Today magazine’s November 2014 cover feature focusing on central European literature since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the editors invited 25 writers to nominate...
It’s the holiday season once again, and whether you’re shopping for Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Christmas, WLT has a new book for every reader on your list.
For the Beatnik
Diane...
Norman, Oklahoma, Sept. 24, 2014 – The 2014 Neustadt Festival of International Literature and Culture, featuring writers and scholars from Africa, Europe and the United States, will take place on the...
A special section on post-Wende central European lit (1989–2014)
Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany), an excerpt from The End of Days, tr. Susan Bernofsky
Tomas...
In conjunction with our November 2014 cover feature—which will focus on central European literature since the fall of the Berlin Wall—the editors of WLT invited 25 writers to nominate one bo...
As you’re building your summer reading lists, don’t forget these new translations.
Seven Lives and One Great Love: The Memoirs of a Cat
Lena Divani
Konstantine Matsoukas, tr.
(Europa Editions)
W...
Every month, new English translations appear. Here are three of April’s offerings.
Navidad & Matanza
Carlos Labbé. Will Vanderhyden, tr.
(Open Letter)
In Chilean writer Carlos Labbé’s short metafi...
Digital media editor Jen Rickard Blair’s summer reading picks range from multiethnic mystery to dystopian sci-fi. We suspect she’ll read these in a lawn chair or on the...
A cover feature on Argentine/Spanish writer Andrés Neuman, the 2014 Puterbaugh Fellow, plus highlights from the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival
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A special section on translation featuring Eric A...
The following four titles are new translations released this month and are ready to jump onboard your spring or summer reading lists.
Stories
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, ...
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is one of the world's largest awards for children's and young adult literature, and it is given annually to a single laureate or to several. Authors, illustra...
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Award-winning Argentinean-Spanish writer and translator Andrés Neuman will visit the University of Oklahoma as the marquee writer for the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival of Internation...