Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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December 8, 2021 |
Gurnah received the Nobel Prize medal and diploma from the Swedish ambassador on December 6 © Nobel Prize Outreach / Photo by Hugh Fox Earlier this week, Abdulrazak Gurnah received the 202... -
October 26, 2021 |
(c) Rama, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr NORMAN, OKLA. – World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday e... -
June 15, 2021 |
Left column (top to bottom): Boubacar Boris Diop, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; Middle left column: Michális Ganás, Cristina Rivera Garza, Jean-Pierre Balpe; Middle right column: Natalie Diaz,... -
May 4, 2021 |
Left column (top to bottom): R. O. Kwon, Matthew Shenoda. Center left: Carlos Labbé, Fowzia Karimi, Jennifer Croft. Center right: Carlos Pintado, Hamid Ismailov, Eleni... -
April 14, 2021 |
Photo by Jerry Bauer I was waiting for a tennis court on the lakeshore in Chicago when I read that Adam Zagajewski died. I have always considered tennis like writing: you practice to get into... -
March 22, 2021 |
When we heard the news yesterday that Adam Zagajewski had passed away at the age of seventy-five in Kraków, Poland, we immediately thought not only of his exceptional poetry and essays but also o... -
February 18, 2021 |
Photo by Tyler Quiring / Unsplash Ismail Kadare has a remarkable quality of saying a great deal and with much clarity, but in an elusive, oblique, and allegorical way. Peter Constantine si... -
November 20, 2020 |
Farah accepted the Neustadt Prize at the University of Oklahoma in October 1998 / Photo by Gil Jain Today (November 24) marks the seventy-fifth birthday of Somali writer Nuruddin Farah, recip... -
August 12, 2020 |
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature, one of the most prestigious global literary awards, has entered its 50-year anniversary at the University of Oklahoma. Often referred to as “the Ameri... -
June 1, 2020 |
John Ciardi, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Luciano Rebay, and Ivar Ivask after presentation of the award certificate, Norman, Oklahoma, March 14, 1970 / Photo by Jim Lucas Today (June 1) marks the f... -
October 16, 2019 |
Photo by J. Foley Opale World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Wednesday evening that Isma... -
July 21, 2019 |
From left to right: Top: Emmanuel Carrère, Jorie Graham, Jessica Hagedorn. Middle: Eduardo Halfón, Ismail Kadare, Sahar Khalifeh. Bottom: Abdellatif Laâbi, Lee Maracle, Hoa Nguyen. World... -
June 11, 2019 |
Norman, Okla. (June 11, 2019) – Robert Con Davis-Undiano, Neustadt Professor and executive director of the World Literature Today organization at the University of Oklahoma, this week announ... -
January 26, 2018 |
Photo by Simon Hurst Editorial note: When George Evans and Daisy Zamora passed along word this morning that Claribel Alegría (1924–2018) had died, we immediately reflected on her legendary statur...
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