Amit Majmudar

Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, how poetry and math overlap, and more

October 14, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews Bob Dylan (a 2012 finalist for Neustadt Prize) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for having created new poetic expressions within the great America...
Poet, Radiologist, and 007 Wannabe: A Conversation with Amit Majmudar, Ohio’s First Poet Laureate

August 22, 2016 | Renee H. Shea

A diagnostic nuclear radiologist, Amit Majmudar was named the first poet laureate of Ohio (2015–2017). He has published three books of poetry, including 0˚, 0˚ (2009), which was a finalist f...
Dubravka Ugrešić’s stories about refugees, why the world needs translators, and more

May 27, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews Via Utne Reader, 2016 Neustadt Prize laureate Dubravka Ugrešić shares about the experience of being a finalist—and then winner—for a big literary prize, her st...
Literary award prizewinners, the state of translation in Myanmar, and more

April 15, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews The PEN Literary Award winners have been announced! The 2016 L.A. Times Book Prize winners have also been announced—recent Neustadt juror Valeria Luiselli won the fict...
The translation paradox, gender parity in the race for literary prizes, and more

March 18, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews In this article from the New York Review of Books, Tim Parks details the “translation paradox.” Recent WLT contributor Gabeba Baderoon has been annou...
Finalists Announced for the 24th Neustadt International Prize for Literature

May 27, 2015 | WLT

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 Prize Jury Announced

May 18, 2015 | WLT

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...