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2000
ANNUAL REPORT
INDEX
THE
INTERNATIONAL WRITING PROGRAM inaugurated the year 2000 with the re-establishment
of its traditional structure as a writing residency, and the appointment
of a new director, Christopher Merrill.۠The IWP continues under the administrative
aegis of the Office of the Vice President for Research.۠Vice President
David Skorton led the IWP through the process of selecting a new director
and restructuring the program. Assistant Dean Sandra Barkan of the Graduate
College served as interim administrator of the IWP during the previous
school year, heading staff consisting of Program Associate Rowena Torrevillas
and interim secretary Catherine Kaufman.۠In May this year, Christopher
Merrill was named the Director, and he assumed his new duties shortly
before the start of the International Writing Program챠33rd
session.
He
came to the IWP from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.,
where he taught since 1995, and where he held the William H. Jenks Chair
in Contemporary Letters.۠He has published in a wide variety of literary
forms, and is the author of three collections of poems, including Watch Fire, for which he received the Peter
I.B. Lavan Award for younger poets from the Academy of American Poets;
four book-length works of translation; several edited volumes; and three
volumes of non-fiction, with a fourth volume forthcoming, all of which
concern his travels through foreign lands.
The
IWP conducted its thirty-third consecutive year of service to international
letters with a streamlined staff.۠When Christopher Merrill joined the
IWP and the University faculty, the only other fulltime administrative
staff was the program coordinator, Rowena Torrevillas. At the start of
schoolyear 2001-2001, Rowena Torrevillas was appointed adjunct assistant
professor in the Department of English.
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their۠roles۠in۠the۠IWP are۠Rowena Torrevillas, Program Associate
since 1985, and Mary Nazareth, housing assistant for the IWP since 1973.۠
Peter Nazareth resumed his services as moderator of the IWP챠in-house
readings and discussions, assisting with the class, International Literature
Today; similarly, Lem Torrevillas, video coordinator previous to a new
appointment in Film and Broadcasting, volunteered his services to record
interviews with program writers. Prof. Shelley Berc, playwriting consultant
and IWP faculty since 1996, set up highly productive venues for the IWP
playwrights in November in New York and in Maine.
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The
services of these current and former staff provided the IWP with a continuity
that represents a total of 90 years of combined affiliation with and work
experience for the program.
The
program챠support staff consists of the half-time secretary, Jennifer
Baum (taking the place in mid-July of the program챠temporary secretary
Catherine Kaufman, who came out of retirement and had previously been
affiliated with the IWP during the interim directorship of Fredrick Woodard);
and two graduate assistants provided by the Graduate College, Li Yi and
Jim Sidel.۠The program services were augmented throughout the year by
staff from the Office of the Vice President for Research, notably Mary
Schott, Carolyn Frisbie, and Larry Rettig.
Eighteen
writers, representing fifteen nations, took part in the IWP this year.
The United States Department of State, through the Office of International
Visitors, provided operational funding and support for nine of the participants
(from Argentina, Ireland, Russia, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, and two writers
from Nigeria).۠International Exchange Specialist Audrey Annette Ford
was the project administrator for the Department of State.۠The other
nine writers attended the program through support from agencies such as
the US-Israel Educational Foundation, the Open Society Institute챠Burma
Project, the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, and the National Arts
Council of South Africa. The Singapore National Arts Council inaugurated
a new funding initiative with the IWP, with full subsidy for two authors.
Rowena Torrevillas provided liaison arrangements throughout the nominations
and grant negotiations process with these agencies, which have been IWP
supporters of long standing.
The
University of Iowa챠academic programs offered outstanding support for
visiting scholars, particularly the South Asian Studies Program, which
brought an Indian writer from Karnataka to the IWP, and the Center for
Asian and Pacific Studies, which augmented the grant for the Korean writer.۠
The programs in Film Studies and Theatre Arts were instrumental in presenting
the works of IWP participants and the graduate students of the Department
of Spanish and Portuguese have resumed the publication Torre de Papel, which includes alumni of the IEP.
This
year챠IWP also saw enhanced connections with the University챠other academic
and administrative units, notably International Programs and the Graduate
College.۠International Programs is resuming the spring residency for
an IWP writer in 2001, a project initiated by the former Center for International
and Comparative Studies director Virginia Dominguez, which brought one
or two writers back to the University of Iowa for five consecutive spring
semesters, culminating with the spring residency of Suchen Christine Lim
(Singapore 1997); playwright Mike Finn, who represented Ireland in this
year챠IWP, holds the International Programs residency in the spring term
2001.۠Christopher Merrill now serves on the executive committee of International
Programs, led by Associate Provost Steven Hoch.
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New Initiatives.
Under
Dr. Skorton, an advisory committee was constituted to guide and assist
the IWP.۠Complementing the advisory committee챠administrative oversight,
a vigorous fundraising campaign is underway, spearheaded by the University
of Iowa Foundation.۠One major goal of the campaign is to endow the directorship,
thereby opening up funds to restore and augment staff, and to endow 10
writing fellowships to ensure stability in the program챠representation.
Among
the other new developments in this year챠session was housing at the Hawkeye
Drive Apartments.۠Twelve two-bedroom units were leased to the IWP, and
two writers shared each apartment.۠The accommodations at Family Housing
provided a closer approximation of autonomous living for the writers,
although the distance from campus, and lack of air-conditioning and Ethernet
access, necessitated additional logistic and transportation arrangements
by writers and staff.۠University administration, including Pat Boutelle
of Space Planning and Utilities, Fran Burns of Information Technology
Services (ITS) and Gerry Miller of the Equipment Rental Pool, were helpful
in addressing these specific needs as they arose.۠The IWP has fortunately
secured accommodations for the next several years in the Iowa House, the
university-run hotel located in the center of campus.
The
program offered exciting new events this year.۠The 6th Biennial
Conference of the Short Story in English was held at the University of
Iowa October 12-15, and the IWP participated in several conference events,
including a panel discussion. Prof. Susan Lohafer was the convenor. In
conjunction with the Conference, the first Paul Engle Literary Festival
was launched this fall, with readings by returning writers David Toscana
(Mexico, 1994) and Arnost Lustig (Czech Republic, 1970).۠Governor of
Iowa Tom Vilsack issued a proclamation designating October 12 as Paul
Engle Day, honoring what would have been the 92nd birthday
of the co-founder of the International Writing Program.
Traditional
elements from previous programming were also restored this year.۠The
International Literature Today class was offered for three credit hours
to nearly two dozen students.۠Five panel discussions took place on Wednesdays
throughout the term, and were well attended. The Prairie Lights Sunday
Readings were held in conjunction with the Writers럗orkshop.۠Director
Merrill, with Susan Benner, taught the Interactive Translation Workshop
on Friday afternoons, which focuses on the writings of the IWP. The program
held screenings of films and dramatized readings of playwrights럷orks,
made video interviews with approximately half the writers, and facilitated
radio interviews and talks for the university and city community.۠A two-day
trip to Chicago provided the writers with a chance to take in the city챠
many cultural opportunities.۠The program culminated with a ten-day period
of individual travel; the State Department-supported writers completed
their American sojourn at the nation챠capital, with an evaluation session
in mid-November and readings in Washington D.C.
Prof.
Shelley Berc, IWP faculty and theatre adviser, provides this report on
the programming she provided for the playwrights:
냵ring
the November travel period, playwrights from the IWP had readings at professional
theatres in Portland, Maine. At Portland Repertory over 100 people came
to see actors perform portions of plays and fiction monologues by Pascal
Mugarra, Martin Rejtman, Motti Lerner, and Mike Finn. The theatre is considering
some of these pieces for their festival of new plays next spring.۠In
New York City, playwrights had portions of their works performed script
in hand for an invited audience of 80 professional playwrights, artistic
directors, actors and designers at the New York Theater Workshop, one
of the country's most well known theatres for contemporary writers. Here
plays by Pascal Mugarra, Martin Rejtman, Motti Lerner, Mike Finn, Izabella
Filipiak, and H.S. Shivaprakash were presented. The playwrights also had
meetings with New Dramatists artistic director Todd London and Martha
Coigney, director of ITI (International Theatre Institute) and executive
staff members of Theatre Communications Group. NYTW artistic director,
James C. Nicola, would like to see the program of IWP writers expanded
into a two-day festival of readings and discussions about their work.컯:p>
Shelley
Berc advised playwrights on where and how to get work produced in the
United States, and provided professional contacts. Writers Mike Finn,
Motti Lerner, Victoria, Siok, Ogaga, Martin visited her Creativity Workshop
and discussed their working methods with the students.
Throughout
the IWP챠first session in this new century, the staunch support and hospitality
of the Iowa community, which sustained the program throughout its 33 years,
were abundant and constant.۠An unprecedented number of farm tours and
visits highlighted the first weeks of the autumn.۠Receptions and informal
gatherings were hosted by the University of Iowa Foundation and by the
community, among them Firstar Bank, the Council for International Visitors
to Iowa Cities, the annual community gathering hosted by Hills Bank; and
numerous individuals offering hospitality, including the families of Keith
and Joanne Hemingway, Larry and Wilma Rettig, Tina Bourjaily, and John
and Allegra Dane. Deere and Company offered its annual tour and a steamboat
ride down the Mississippi.۠The opening reception was held at the home
of IWP co-founder and director emeritus Hualing Nieh Engle, with assistance
of friends of the program.۠The outpouring of friendship is emblematic
of the ideals that undergird the program, and indeed the mission of the
IWP, which is to foster friendship among people and nations of the world.
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Profile of the IWP 2000 Writers.
Eighteen
writers representing fifteen nations created a dynamic that was remarkable
for its harmony, cohesiveness, sustained and persevering attention to
all program events, and a high level of creative energy.
Balance
in regional representation is one of the IWP goals that were achieved
this year.۠Although no new member-nations were added to the IWP챠roster
of 115 countries, eighteen writers came to Iowa City from all regions
of the world.۠Africa and Asia were well represented, with each of those
regions accounting for one-third of the membership (six writers each from
Africa and from Asia). Eastern Europe continued is strong presence with
two writers from Poland and one from Russia. Two authors attended from
Latin America. Because the author from the West Bank had to cancel his
participation due to illness, only one writer represented the Middle East
this year; similarly, one writer represented Western Europe. Gender balance
is another element we strive toward, since it is remains difficult for
many women in mid-career to take three months off from professional and
personal commitments to focus exclusively on their writing.۠Four of the
five women this year are fiction writers, and the fifth is a playwright椮res
that usually require extended periods for writing; the residency thus
provided these participants with a significant block of time which they
could devote to writing or research.
Nine
of the writers identified themselves primarily as fiction writers; five
as poets; two as playwrights; one as a screenwriter, and one as a critic.۠
Ten of the participants worked in more than one genre, notably the five
writers who wrote plays in addition to writing criticism, fiction, or
poetry.
The
writers came to Iowa from a variety of occupations: several of them, including
Singapore챠Anuar Othman, Vietnamese magazine editor Vo Thi Hao, and Irish
playwright Mike Finn, maintained their journalistic responsibilities with
regular bulletins and columns about their Iowa experience.۠A number of
the writers are teachers: Piotr Sliwinski (Poland) and Hwang JiWoo (Korea)
are university professors; Pascal Adyeeri Mugarra teaches high school
students in the hill country of Uganda; Heng Siok Tian, a media resources
specialist in Singapore챠ministry of education, teaches in a junior college;
H.S. Shivaprakash and Izabela Filipiak conduct workshops in creative writing
and drama.۠The poet who represented Brazil for a brief residency is a
judge in So Paulo.۠
A
number of the writers found an important additional benefit from their
residency at an American university.۠During their time at the University
of Iowa, they explored and applied for admission into graduate programs
here and at other American institutions, to further their education in
the United States following their return to their homes at the end of
the Iowa residency.
The
average age of the participants was 43.۠Several writers brought to the
IWP seniority in their accomplishments: Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe of Togo is
the author of over thirty volumes of work; Abubakar Gimba is the president
of the Association of Nigerian Authors; Nu Nu Yee챠two dozen novels are
bestsellers in Burma; H.S. Shivaprakash is the leading voice in Karnataka챠
play writing and art criticism.۠Other writers have had their work presented
to high acclaim abroad, among them Martˮ Rejtman of Argentina, whose
films have been shown at international film festivals, and Mike Finn,
who returned to Ireland for five days in October for the premiere in Dublin
of his latest play.۠
The
overarching mission of the IWP is to create a space where dialogue between
nations may have a chance to spontaneously take place. In this respect,
the Israeli playwright Motti Lerner embodied that aspiration.۠This summer,
while preparing for his participation, he learned of the nomination of
his counterpart from the West Bank.۠He obtained the writer챠West Bank
address from the IWP coordinator, in the hope that he and the Palestinian
writer could arrive in Iowa City as acquaintances and colleagues.۠Unfortunately,
the Palestinian writer underwent emergency surgery that precluded his
participation in the IWP this year; Motti then made contact with the family
in the West Bank, to offer his assistance and good wishes. It was primarily
through his initiative that Motti챠hope was fulfilled: a link was forged
during this crucial moment between the people of his region. ܓimilar
genuine connections are made among writers during the eighty-three days
spent in Iowa City.۠The books and articles about the IWP experience,
which have been written throughout the past thirty years, are a living
testament that these connections, spanning the globe, are lifelong.۠
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Program Support.
The United States Department of State, through the International Visitor
Program, continued its vital partnership with the IWP.۠State Department
funding provided a major portion of the year챠grant support.۠Full grants
were given to nine writers. Ms. Audrey Annette Ford, International Visitor
Exchange Specialist, concurrently serving on the State Department챠Africa
desk, was the project coordinator; her consistent and painstaking efforts
were instrumental in seeing the IWP, and its partnership with the Department
of State, through the past two years of transition.۠Her leadership, her
astute management of resources, and her sensitive and flexible responses
to the program챠evolving needs, were of tremendous value to the IWP,
particularly to the IWP coordinator who worked in liaison with her.۠We
are deeply grateful to the public affairs officers of the posts worldwide
who selected writers of remarkable adaptability, amiable outlook, and
breadth of talent for the IWP 2000.
The
grants of individual writers were facilitated by the Office of International Visitors in Washington,
D.C., and administered by the IWP and the Institute of International Education.۠The grants and travels of the
USIA-supported writers were coordinated by the IIE챠Programs Coordinator
for Professional Exchange Programs, Samantha Pirog.۠The Meacham Travel Service of Iowa City, under
the management of Elaine Shalla, in conjunction with the University of Iowa Travel Office, provided
travel arrangements for all privately sponsored writers.
Six
writers attended the program through the IWP챠network of supporting arts
agencies worldwide.۠The United
States-Israel Educational Foundation provided full subsidy for renowned
playwright/scriptwriter Motti Lerner.۠The Singapore National Arts Council, encouraged by the initiatives of
previous Singaporean participants such as Dr. Wong Yoon Wah, provided
full and generous support for two authors this year, each representing
a language group in Singapore, Anuar Othman and Heng Siok Tian. Continuing
its valuable support was the Burma
Project of the Open Society Institute, with a full grant for fiction
writer Nu Nu Yee Inwa.۠The Vitae Apoio 䫴ura, EducaSo a PromoSo Social of Brazil supported
a four-day visit for poet/translator Regis Bonvicino. The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation
also continued its tradition of partial subsidy, and sent a fine poet,
Hwang JiWoo.۠The Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation, under the management of Ms. Bluma Cohen,
provided the grant for Polish author Izabela Filipiak. Our outreach to
the world is dependent upon the mission of these agencies and the dedication
of the individuals who run them.
Several
departments in the University of Iowa provided strong support with writing
fellowships and augmentational funding.۠The South
Asian Studies Program, through the generous outreach of Prof. Paul
Greenough, enabled the remarkable participation of H.S. Shivaprakash.۠
The IWP is very grateful for the commitment we have just received from
the South Asian Studies Program, toward alternating-year support for a
South Indian writer.۠Prof. Jae-On
Kim of the Center for Asian
and Pacific Studies was instrumental in providing augmentational funds
for the participation of the distinguished Korean poet Hwang JiWoo.
International Programs sustains its support for the IWP.۠Associate
Provost for International Programs Steven Hoch has extended the support
of his programs럲esources.۠The IWP spring residency, formerly known
as the project, 듨rough a Writer챠Eyes,쟣ontinued this spring with
a full residency for Irish playwright Mike Finn.۠Office space at the
International Center has also been offered to our writers. Through International
Programs, the Stanley Foundation has continued its grant support to the
IWP.
The
numerous divisional units under the Office of the Vice President for Research have extended their administrative
support throughout the past year.۠Among those the IWP recognizes for
their invaluable roles are Associate and Special Assistant to the President
for Governmental Relations, Derek Willard and his support staff, notably
Norine Zamastil; from Sponsored programs, Associate Director Gina McGee
and Assistant Director Ann Donovan; and Research Administration Administrative
Associate Mary Schott, who oversees the intricate finances and bookkeeping
for the IWP.
The
Office of Arts Center Relations,
under the directorship of Peter Alexander, has been a source of ever-increasing
support as our outreach expands.۠Assistant Director Winston Barclay has
been especially instrumental in the increased visibility of the program
in the media, seeking wider audiences for the writers럷orks by encouraging
contact with newspapers within and outside the state.۠The ACR office
also assigned a research assistant to liaise with the IWP. Peter Alexander
and Winston Barclay attended all our staff meetings, to coordinate the
program챠media needs.۠
The
University of Iowa Foundation
has been instrumental in guiding us through the crucial tasks of fund
raising and the administration of privately raised funds. The Foundation
hosted a reception at the Levitt Center to welcome Director Merrill and
the visiting writers.۠President Michael New and Assistant Director for
Corporate and Foundation Relations Viana Rockel and her staff are key
to our vitality in this area.
We
are very grateful for the assistance and administrative guidance of University
of Iowa Provost Jon Whitmore and College
of Liberal Arts Dean Linda Maxson.۠The Dean of the Graduate College, Leslie Sims,
provided two half-time assistantships to the IWP for the fall semester,
and he offered the administrative services of Prof. Sandra Barkan last
school year. Prof. Barkan챠advice has been most helpful to Director Merrill.
The
Writers럗orkshop, under Director
Frank Conroy, continues to pool resources with the program, and during
the Fall semester, organizes readings and visits by writers of note.۠
The Workshop챠program associate, Connie Brothers, is a strong source
of insight and support.۠
We
are proud to share our resources with a widening circle of related programs
and departments.۠Most notable among our interactions during the semester
were the South Asian Studies Program, the Department of English, the Writers럗orkshop, the faculty of Theatre Arts, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese; an individualized listing appears
later.۠The Council for International Visitors to Iowa Cities and the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, under
Tom Baldridge챠executive directorship, have reached out to the writers,
throughout the year as in the past.
We
received generous support from numerous friends in the community, including
Jim Harris, owner of Prairie Lights
Books, who gave gift certificates to each of the writers, and provided
the space and staff for our Sunday afternoon readings; Drs. Ramڮ and
Victoria Lim; Dr. and Mrs. Janusz Bardach; Prof. Jae-On Kim; Bob Sierk
and the staff of Firstar Bank;
Cheryl McCaw and John Gerstner of Deere
and Company; and all the friends who offered the warmth of their homes
ﳨe Hemingways, the Danes, friends on the University staff and faculty.۠
The
University of Iowa administration under President Mary Sue Coleman has
stood by the program and steered it through its restructuring.۠The accomplishments
of the IWP 2000 testify to the University챠commitment to the program
and its goals.
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Program Staff.
The
Program Director, Christopher Merrill, sets general directional policies,
is in charge of fund-raising, and maintains the prominence of the program
on campus, nationally, and abroad.۠He confers and works with other units
at the University of Iowa on cooperative ventures, among them the English
Department, the Program in Cinema and Comparative Literature, the Writers랊 Workshop, and International Programs.۠He holds an extensive breadth of
contacts in the literary world樴hin the United States and abroad謠
the fields of publishing, broadcasting, translation, and teaching. Among
his many literary commitments, he is the international book critic for
Public Radio International챠daily program, 듨e World,쟡 co-production
of the BBC and WGBH. His literary contacts are instrumental in providing
entree to IWP writers in this country.۠In addition to his heavy schedule
teaching the IWP courses and the Translation Workshop, he teaches a twice-weekly
class for the writers, 듥xt and Context.He leads program events, is
moderator of public presentations, and hosts the writers during their
stay, while representing the program within the University administration.
Rowena
Torrevillas is the Program Coordinator, and she manages the program챠
activities.۠She handles the IWP챠administrative aspects, beginning with
the nomination process through to the planning and execution of the program챠
literary events.۠She is responsible for setting the budget and for grant
administration; writes the IWP grant proposals, reports, and project descriptions;
helps determine programming and schedules.۠She coordinates with the State
Department and other funding agencies; liaises with university departments
and other schools; arranges readings and appearances here and at other
institutions; manages the travel project; oversees office staff; prepares
grants and reports; organizes seminars and readings; assists with leading
panels and classes, and reading the works of writers at public presentations.۠
She assists the director with communications and other aspects of program
administration, and works as liaison with the community.۠Through collaborative
efforts between the English Department and the Office of the Vice President
for Research, she now holds an adjunct assistant professorship in English.
Jennifer
Baum, the program secretary, joined the staff in July 2000 from a previous
appointment in Human Resources.۠In addition to working with Mary Schott
in maintaining the finances for the IWP, Jennifer volunteered her time
and expertise for a multitude of services beyond her half-time capacity,
including providing daily transportation to the writers, and helping organize
field trips around the locality and to Chicago.۠In addition to maintaining
the director챠increasingly congested schedule, Jennifer takes charge
of the front desk, maintains the mailing lists, assists with the dissemination
of program publicity.۠To her work with the Program, Jennifer has brought
several years럥xperience in Hong Kong.
Mary
Nazareth, the housing assistant, oversaw the program챠transition to housing
at Hawkeye Drive, as much by her expertise as by her kindness and compassionate
efficiency.ޝ More than any other person on the staff, she has charge
of the writers럷ell-being, a responsibility she has carried for two and
a half decades with grace and generosity.۠Hers is a job that is defined
as much by its flexibility and improvisational quality as by its steadfastness.۠
The staff and the writers would be lost without her.
Peter
Nazareth, Professor of English and African-American World Studies, has
served as Adviser to International Writers and continues offering his
services as moderator for the writers럩n-house discussions and conducts
television and radio interviews with the writers.۠He and his wife, Mary,
have the longest tenure on the IWP staff, since their association with
the program dates back to the 1970챠when he himself took part in the
IWP. His readings of the writers럷ork and his ready participation in
the discussions are informed by openness to the thinking behind the text,
and the dialogue he promotes is central to the program챠purpose.
The
graduate assistants during the fall semester were Jim Sidel and Li Yi;
Jim is a first-year student in the graduate fiction workshop, and Li Yi
is a graduate student in comparative literature.۠Both GA챠helped in
the initial setting-up of the housing equipment at Hawkeye Drive, and
Jim gave some much-needed help behind the wheel of the IWP van for grocery
runs and other driving errands.۠Jim served as liaison for the Prairie
Lights readings and worked on the IWP events newsletter; he provided audio
recordings for all program readings and panels, in addition to taping
the Writers럗orkshop readings.۠Li Yi provided office support and was
responsible for disseminating posters and fliers in all buildings across
campus.
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The
IWP Program is supported by a unique blend of University, State, federal
and corporate resources.۠The program continues its work only because
of the many unseen acts of kindness from friends and volunteers.۠All
of them have reached out and brought the writers truly into the life of
the community. Their loyal presence has affirmed the IWP챠efforts to
bring the world to Iowa.ޝ The following lists of activities are a detailed
record of the program챠activities during IWP 2000.
ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL WRITING PROGRAM 2000
The
IWP Course, International Literature Today
Held
each Monday at 109 English-Philosophy Building (EPB), 3:30-5:20 PM.
Taught
by Christopher Merrill, assisted by Peter Nazareth and Rowena Torrevillas.
21
students were enrolled for 1 to 3 credit hours in the class during the
fall semeter of schoolyer 2000-01.
August 25-September
11:۠Discussion of course texts, including works by Milan Kundera, Salman
Rushdie, Czeslaw Milosz and others.
September 18:
۠Creating Multiculturally: Heng Siok Tian and Anuar Othman (Singapore)
September
25: ۠Writing Plays: Mike Finn (Ireland); Pascal A. Mugarra (Uganda);
Motti Lerner (Israel).
October۠
2:ޝޝޝ ۠Literary Criticism and Social Commentary: Piotr Sliwinski and
Izabela Filipiak (Poland).
October
9:ޝޝޝ۠۠Women Writing Fiction: Nu Nu Yee (Burma); Vo Thi Hao (Vietnam);
Viktoriya Fomina (Russia).
October
16:ޝޝ۠۠African Writing and Publishing: Abubakar Gimba and Ogaga Ifowodo
(Nigeria); Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe (Togo).
October
23:ޝޝ۠۠Poets Teaching Drama:
H.S. Shivaprakash (India); Hwang JiWoo (Korea).
October
30:ޝޝ۠۠African Literature in
a Transitional Time: Zachariah Rapola (South Africa).۠Scheduled for presentation:۠Latin
American Literature (Regis Bonvicino, Brazil; Martˮ Rejtman, Argentina).
PANEL
DISCUSSIONS
Moderated by
Christopher Merrill, Rowena Torrevillas
Held Wednesdays,
3:30-5:20 PM
at the John
C. Gerber Lounge, 304 English-Philosophy Building
September
13: Writing a Myth: Creating a National
Identity Through Literature
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Motti Lerner (Israel); Abubakar Gimba (Nigeria); Piotr Sliwinski
(Poland)
September
20: Playwriting and the Dialogue
Between Language and Action
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Mike Finn
(Ireland); Shivaprakash (India); Motti Lerner (Israel).
September
27: Writing
in a Non-Native Language
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Heng Siok Tian (Singapore); Pascal Adyeeri Mugarra (Uganda);
Viktoriya
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Fomina (Russia); Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe (Togo).
October
4: Appropriated Voices: Writing Across Genders
and Cultures
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Izabella Filipiak (Poland); Ogaga Ifowodo (Nigeria); Shivaprakash
(India)
October
18: Literature and Politics
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Abubakar
Gimba۠and Ogaga Ifowodo (Nigeria);
Viktoriya Fomina (Russia);
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Hwang Ji-Woo
(Korea); Anuar Othman (Singapore); Nu Nu Yee (Burma).
READINGS۠BY IWP PARTICIPANTS
Prairie
Lights Series (held jointly with
the Writers럗orkshop) Sundays, 5:00 PM Prairie Lights Books
September
10ޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Martin Rejtman (fiction, Argentina)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Joyelle McSweeney (poetry, Workshop)
September
17ޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Ogaga Ifowodo (poetry,
Nigeria) and Abubakar Gimba (fiction, Nigeria)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Faith Adiele (fiction, Workshop)
September
24ޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠HS Shivaprakash (poetry, India)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Jacinda Townsend (fiction, Workshop)
October
1ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Pascal Adyeeri Mugarra (fiction, Uganda)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Cody Petterson (poetry, Workshop)
October
8ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Anuar Othman
(fiction, Singapore) and Heng Siok Tian (poetry, Singapore)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Jim Sidel (fiction, Workshop)
October
15ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Viktoriya Fomina (fiction, Russia)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Aaron McCullough (poetry, Workshop)
October
22ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Nu Nu Yee (fiction, Burma) and Vo Thi Hao (fiction,
Vietnam)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
David Rosenthal (poetry, Workshop)
October
29ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Izabela Filipiak (fiction, Poland)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Eduardo C. Corral (poetry, Workshop)
November
5ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe (fiction, Togo)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Sarah McCann (poetry, Workshop)
Other Readings
October
17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ IWP Playwrights at the Seacrest
Residences
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Readings of
works by Mike Finn (Ireland); Motti Lerner (Israel) ;
Shivaprakash (India); Heng Siok Tian (Singapore); Pascal Adyeeri
Mugarra (Uganda).
Readings performed by Theatre Arts faculty Carol MacVey, Bill
Lee, Ladd Brown.
October 16ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Film screening and discussion, 40 Schaeffer Hall: Kastner챠Trial, screenplay by Motti Lerner (Israel); an award-winning
Israeli television mini-series.
October 24ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Film screening and discussion, 101 Becker Communications Studies
Building: Silvia Prieto, award-winning feature film
by Martˮ Rejtman (Argentina).۠Co-sponsored
by the Institute for Cinema and Culture, Department of Cinema and Comparative
Literature, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and the Latin American
Studies Program.
First
Paul Engle Memorial Readingޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Oct.11, Richey Ballroom
David
Toscana, fiction writer (Mexico, IWP 1994)
Arnost
Lustig, fiction writer (Czech Republic, IWP 1970) ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Reading
by IWP Alumnus, sponsored by IWP
Teresa
Arijڮ & B·rbara Belloc (Argentina, IWP 1995),ޝ
Oct. 19, Will Bill챼span style="mso-spacerun: yes">ޝޝ۠Coffeeshop,
Room 321, North Hall.۠Translations
read by translator and former IWP staff translator Hillary J. Gardner.
Sixth
International Conference on the Short Story in Englishޝ October 12 - 15
Readings:
Stuart
Dybek, Aleksander Hemon, ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Oct. 12,۠Richey Ballroom, 1:30 PMޝ ޝ۠
ޝ۠
Christopher Merrill, Janette Turner Hospitalޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠۠ޝޝޝޝ۠
Clark
Blaise, Ethan Canin, James McPherson,ޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Oct. 12, Richey Ballroom, 8:30 PMޝ۠
ޝ
Tobias Wolffޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
ޝ۠
Ellen
Douglas, Deborah Eisenberg, Francineޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Oct. 13, Richey Ballroom, 4:30 PM
ޝ
Proseޝޝޝޝޝ۠, Olive Seniorޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠ޝ۠
Frederick
Busch, Robert Olen Butler, Richard ޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Oct. 13, Richey Ballroom, 8:30 PM
ޝ
Ford, Bharati Mukherjee (work read by ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
ޝ
Clark Blaise)
Frank
Conroy, Amiri Baraka, Chris Offuttޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Oct. 14, Richey Ballroom, 8:30
Panel
Discussion:
IWP panel on
fiction writing and publishingޝޝޝޝޝ October 15, 2nd Floor Ballroom, IMU, 10:30 AM
Viktoriya
Fomina, Anuar Othman, Heng Siok Tian, Pascal Mugarra. Moderated by Christopher
Merrill.
ۼ/span>ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Readings۠Co-Sponsored by the IWP and the Writers럗orkshop
James
Salter, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Sept.
15, Shambaugh Auditorium
Philip
Levine, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Sept. 22,
Shambaugh Auditorium
Agha
Shahid Ali, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Oct. 5, 221 Chemistry
Bldg.
Anthony
Hecht, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Oct. 26, 221
Chemistry Bldg.
Michael
Palmer and Regis Bonvicino, poetry۠Oct.
28, 101 BCSB
Readings
Sponsored by the Writers럗orkshop and Attended by IWP Participants
Aleksander
Hemon, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Aug. 28, Prairie
Lights Books
Iowa
Review Reading, with David Hamilton,
Marvin
Bell, Rowena Torrevillasޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Aug. 29, Prairie Lights Books
Steven
Sherrill, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Sept. 1, Prairie Lights Books
Tucker
Malarkey, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Sept. 7, Prairie
Lights Books
Fanny
Howe, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Sept. 14,
Van Allen Hall II
Richard
Jackson, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Sept. 18. 101
BCSB
Alan
Lightman, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ ޝޝޝޝޝ۠Sept. 26, Prairie Lights Books
Doug
Powell, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Sept. 27,
Prairie Lights Books
Bob
Perelman, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Sept. 30,
Shambaugh Auditorium
Stephen
Bloom, non-fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Oct. 5, Prairie Lights
Books
Will
Self, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Oct.
18, Prairie Lights Books
Kyoko
Mori, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Oct. 19,
Prairie Lights Books
John
Yau, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Oct.
20, 101 BCSB
Steven
Kuusisto, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Oct. 24, Prairie
Lights Books
Michael
Chabon, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Oct. 25, Prairie
Lights Books
Ahdaf
Souief, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Oct. 31,
Prairie Lights Books
Madison
Smartt Bell, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Nov. 3, Prairie Lights
Books
Joy
Williams, fiction\ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Nov. 3,
Prairie Lights Books
Sally
Keith, poetryޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Nov.
7, Prairie Lights Books
Chad
& Elizabeth Oness,
poetry
and fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Nov. 8, Prairie Lights Books
Ellen
Douglas۠& Mark Levine,
fiction
& poetryޝޝޝޝޝ ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Nov. 15, Shambaugh Auditorium
John
McNally, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Nov. 16,
Prairie Lights Books
Mona
Simpson, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Nov. 17, Prairie
Lights Books
Jane
Hamilton, fictionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Nov. 28,
Prairie Lights Books
Meeting
with a Literary Agent Beth Vesel, literary agent with Stanford Greenburger
Associates:۠Question-and-Answer
Session organized by the Writers럗orkshop,
October
26, 1:00 PM, in the North Lounge, Currier Hall.
Field
Trips, Receptions, Cultural Events
Orientation
Meetingޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Tuesday, August 29th.
Welcoming
Dinner ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Wednesday, August
30th, Engle home
Hill챠
Bank Barbecueޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Friday, September 1st
Labor
Day Barbecue ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Monday September 4th,
Merrill home
Library
Tour ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Tuesday September 5th,
Reception,
UI Pressޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Wednesday September
6th,
Amana
Coloniesޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Saturday, September
16th, Rettig home
CIVIC
Picnicޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Thursday, September 21st
Foundation
Reception ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Thursday, September 28th,
Levitt Center
Conf.
on Craft, Critique and Culture۠Friday
September 29th,
Pilobolus
Performanceޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Friday September 29th,
Hancher Auditorium
Hemingway
Farmޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Saturday, September 30th
Presidential
Debate ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Tuesday, October 3d,
Nazareth home
Tour,
UI Center for the Bookޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Thursday, October 5th
Center
for the Book get-togetherޝޝޝޝ Friday, October 6th.
Dinnerޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Sunday, October 8th, Barkan home
Effigy
Mounds field tripޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Tuesday, October 10th.
Group
Photoޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Wednesday, October 11th.
Paul
Engle Memorial Readingsޝޝޝޝޝ Wednesday, October 11th.
Short
Story Conferenceޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Friday, October 13th-15th
John
Deere/Mississippi Boat Rideޝޝޝ Thursday, October 19th
Redbird
Farm/Nature walkޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Saturday, October 21st,
Bourjaily farm
Firstar
Bank Receptionޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Monday, October 23d
Dane
Family Farm visitޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Sunday, October 29
Presentation
to Mayor Lehmanޝޝޝޝޝ۠Tuesday, October 31st.
Chicago
Field Tripޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Wednesday, November
1st-2nd.
Writers랊 Potluckޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Friday, November
3d.
Closing
Partyޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Saturday, November 4th,
Merrill home
PRESENTATIONS۠GIVEN AND CLASSES VISITED BY IWP WRITERS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND IN IOWA CITY and at OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND
INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Yves-Emmanuel
DOGBE (Togo)
at the University
of Iowa
September 15ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
French Department: talk, "My Literary Itinerary"۠
September 26ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Open-Mike Reading, extracts from "L'IncarcDzƦquot;
Septemb 27ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Panel discussion, "Writing in a Non-Native Language."
October 16ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
International Lit. Today class, "Writing and Publishing in
Africa"
October 29ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Prairie
Lights Books, fiction reading.
ۼ/span>at Other Universities and Institutions
October 26ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Hamilton College, Cedar Rapids: talk, "Globalization and Its
Impact on African Cultures"
Novermber 7ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
University of Norther Illinois (DeKalb): talk.
November 8ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Howard University (Washington, D.C.): talk at conference: "The
Role of African Writers in Africa Today."
at the University
of Iowa
October 4ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Panel discussion, "Appropriated Voices: Writing Across Genders
and Cultures"
October 5ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Women's Studies: lecture in class
Mike
FINN (Ireland)
at the University
of Iowa
September 20ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Panel discussion, "Playwriting and the Dialogue Between Language
and Action"
September 25ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
International Lit Today class, on playwriting
October 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
IWP Playwrights at Seacrest Barn: play reading
at Other
Universities and Institutions
November 6ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
New York Theatre Workshop: staged reading of play.
November 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Portland Stage Company: staged reading of play.
November 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Hirschhorn Gallery, Washington, DC: reading fragment of play
Also visited
Boston and San Francisco
Viktoriya
FOMINA (Russia)
at the University
of Iowa
September 27ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Panel discussion, "Writing in a Non-Native Language"
October 9ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
International Lit Today class, "Women Writing Fiction"
October 14ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
6th International Conference of the Short Story: panel
presentation.
October 15ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books, fiction reading
October 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
IWP Playwrights at Seacrest Barn: reading of short play
October 18ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Panel discussion, "Literature and Politics"
at Other
Universities and Institutions
November 6ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
New York Theatre Workshop: staged reading of play.
November 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Portland Stage Company: staged reading of play.
November 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Hirschhorn Gallery, Washington, DC: reading fragment of play
Also visited
Los Angeles and San Francisco
Abubakar
GIMBA (Nigeria)
at the University
of Iowaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
ޝޝ۠
September 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Panel
Discussion, "Writing a Myth"
ޝޝ۠
September 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Prairie
Lights Books, fiction reading.
ޝޝ۠
September 29ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Attended
Creativity Workshop of Prof. Berc.
ޝޝ۠
October 16ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠International
Literature Today class, "On African Writing and Publishing"
ޝޝ۠
October 18ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Panel
Discussion, "Literature and Politics"
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
at Other
Universities and Institutionsޝޝޝޝޝ۠
ޝޝ۠
October 26ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Hamilton
College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa: panel on Africa, 10/26.ޝޝޝޝ
ޝޝ۠
October 9 -11ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ University
of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH): reading poetry and fiction to students
and faculty.
ޝޝ۠
Also visited the Washington Independent Writers (Washington, D.C.),
witnessed the election procedures in Washington, D.C., and various sites
of interest.
HENG
Siok Tian (Singapore)
at the University
of Iowaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
September 18ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
International Lit Today class, "Creating Multiculturally"
September 27ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Panel discussion, "Writing in a Non-Native Language"
September 27ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Attended Creativity Workshop of Prof. Berc
October 8ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books, poetry reading.
October 14ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
6th International Conference of the Short Story: panel
presentation.
October 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
IWP Playwrights at Seacrest Barn: reading of short play, A Tiny Cupboard
at Other
Universities and Institutions
October 25ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
West High School, Iowa City: visited Library and talked to the
school's Librarian and Media Specialist
November 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
American College Testing: visited Media Education Specialist
Vo
Thi HAO (Vietnam)
at the University
of Iowa
October 9ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
International Lit Today class, "Women Writing Fiction"
October 22ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books, fiction reading
at Other
Universities and Institutionsޝޝޝޝޝ۠
October 25-27ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
San Francisco State University: spoke to students and met with
Vietnamese community
November 7ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
William Joiner Center, University of Massachusetts (Amherst): talk
and visit
November 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
The Writers' Center, Bethesda (Maryland): fiction reading
Vo Thi Hao visited
museums and sites of cultural interest in New York City and Washington,
D.C.
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
HWANG
JiWoo (Korea)
at the University
of Iowaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
October 18ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Panel discussion, "Literature and Politics": presented
a paper on "A Shadow Motion as Resistance."
October 23ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
International Lit Today class, "The Poet in Our Mass-Culture
Society"
November 5ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books, poetry reading
each Friday,
Sept. 9-Nov.3ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Attended
IWP Translation Workshop
at Other
Universities and Institutions
ޝޝ۠
November 6-9ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Santa
Fe, New Mexico, Writing Center: poetry reading
at the University
of Iowaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
September 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books: poetry reading
October 4ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Panel discussion, "Appropriated Voices: Writing Across Genders
and Cultures"
October 16ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Internation Lit Today class, presentation
October 18ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Panel discussion, "Literature and Politics"
October 20ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
African Literature class of Prof. Peter Nazareth: talk and readings
at Other
Universities and Institutions
November 1ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
New York City: book party for Step
Into a World: A Global Anthology۠
(ed. Kevin Powell, pub. John Wiley & Sons), featuring poem
"You Were Chic Now, Che."
November 3-4ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Bard College (Annandale, NY): took part in International Celebration
of Chinua Achebe at 70.
November 8ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Columbia University (NY): Met with Lucie Brock-Broido, poetry coordinator
of the School of Writing.۠Met
Michael Scammell, faulty for non-fiction at Columbia and chair of P.E.N.
USA.
November 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Bethesda Writers' Center (MD): reading
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Motti LERNER (Israel)
at
the University of Iowa
September 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Panel Discussion, "Writing a Myth: Creating a National Identity
Through Literature"
September 20ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Panel Discussion, "Playwriting and the Dialogue Between Language
and Action"
September 25ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
International Lit Today class, on writing plays
October
3ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Open
Mike reading, songs from plays
October 16ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Film screening, Kastner's
Trial
October 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
IWP Playwrights at Seacrest Barn: reading of play
at Other
Universities and Institutions
ޝޝޝ
November 5ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ New
York Theatre Workshop: play reading
ޝޝޝ
November 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ Portland
Stage Company (ME): play reading
ޝޝ۠
ޝޝޝ
Lectures on political playwriting atޝޝޝ۠
Dartmouth
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Emerson College
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
McGill University (Canada)
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
University of Southern California
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Columbia University
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
New York Univesity
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Yale University
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Emory University
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Geogetown University
Pascal
Adyeeri MUGARRA (Uganda)
at the University
of Iowaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
September 25ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
International Lit Today class, on playwriting
September 27ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Panel Discussion, "Writing in a Non-Native Language"
October 1ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠Prairie
Lights Books: fiction reading
October 14ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
6th International Conference of the Short Story: panel
presentation on short story in Uganda
October 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
IWP Playwrights at Seacrest Barn: reading of play
October 20ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Met with Playwrights' Workshop
at Other
Universities and Institutions
October 26ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Hamilton College, Cedar Rapids: panel, "Globalization and
African Cultures in the 21st Century"
November 6ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
New York Theatre Workshop: staged reading of play.
November 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Portland Stage Company: staged reading of play.
November 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Hirschhorn Gallery, Washington, DC: fiction reading
Also visited
Orlando, FL, to observe Kennedy Space Center, Universal Studios and EPCOT
Anuar
OTHMAN (Singapore)
at the University
of Iowa
September 18ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ International
Lit Today class, presentation on writing multiculturally
October 8ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books, fiction reading
October 14ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
6th International Conference on the Short Story: panel
presentation
October 18ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Panel discussion, "Literature and Politics"
at other
Universities and Institutions
October 15ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Cedar Rapids Islamic Centre: talk on Muslims in Singapore
Zachariah
RAPOLA (South Africa)
at the University
of Iowa
October 30ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
International Lit Today class, presentation on literature of South
Africa
November 5ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books, reading
at Other
Universities and Institutions
November 15-20ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Claremont College (CA): lectures and readings
Martin
REJTMAN (Argentina)
at the University
of Iowa
September 10ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Prairie Lights Books, fiction reading
October 24ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Film screening of Silvia
Prieto
at Other
Universities and Institutions
October 26ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Grinnell College (IA): lectures
November 6ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
New York Theatre Workshop: staged reading of play.
November 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Portland Stage Company: staged reading of play.
November 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Bethesda Writers' Center: fiction reading
H.S.
SHIVAPRAKASH (India)
at the University
of Iowa
September 20ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Panel discussion, "Playwriting and the Dialogue Between Language
and Action"
September 24ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Prairie Lights Books, poetry reading
October 4ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Panel discussion, "Appropriated Voices: Writing Across Genders
and Cultures"
October 23ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
International Lit Today class, "Poets Teaching Drama"
at Other
Universities and Institutions
October 28ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠University
of Wisconsin, Madison, South Asian Studies Department: lecture
November 8ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Columbia University, South Asian Department: lecture
November 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Rockville (MD), Bhoomika (Indian theatre association): spoke to
members on Indian theatre
November 18ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Renaud Actors' Group, Oakland (CA): lecture on Indian Theatre
November 22ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Washington University, St. Louis (MO): hourlong exchange with Prof.
Henry Schvey, Department of Performing Arts
Piotr
SLIWINSKI (Poland)
at the University
of Iowa
September 13ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Panel discussion, "Writing a Myth: Creating a National Identity
Through Literature"
October 2ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
International Lit Today class, presentation on contemporary nonfiction
writing in Poland
October 22ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books: reading
at other
Universities and Institutions
October 27ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Slavic and Baltic
Languages and Literatures: visited class.
October 31ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
University of Chicago, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures:
lecture
November 17ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Writers' Center, Bethesada (MD): reading
Nu
Nu YEE (Burma)
at the University
of Iowa
October 9ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
International Lit Today class, "Women Writing Fiction"
October 22ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Prairie Lights Books, fiction reading
attended all
International Literature Today classes and panel presentations.
at other
Universities and Institutions
October 12 -
15ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
University of Northern Illinois (DeKalb, IL): attended the Burmese
Studies Conference and participated in many panels about Burmese culture,
politics, and literature.۠Also
performed Burmese singing and Burmese dance.
November 6ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Burma Project, Open Society Institute, New York City: visit
Top
INTERNATIONAL WRITING PROGRAM 2000
Argentinaޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) Martin REJTMANޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
fiction writer, screenwriter, filmޝޝޝޝޝ
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
directorޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Brazilޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) Rǧis Rodrigues BONVICINOޝ
poet, translatorޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Burmaޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Ms.) Nu Nu YEEޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝۦnbsp;
fiction writerޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Indiaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) H.S. SHIVAPRAKASHޝޝޝޝޝޝ
poet, playwright
Irelandޝޝޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) Mike FINNޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
playwrightޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Israelޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) Motti LERNER ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
playwright, screenwriterޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Koreaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) HWANG Ji-Wooޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
poetޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Nigeriaޝޝޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) Ogaga IFOWODOޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
poetޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) Abubakar GIMBAޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
fiction writerޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Poland
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠(Mr.) Piotr SLIWINSKIޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
poet, critic, professorޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Ms.) Izabela FILIPIAKޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝۦnbsp;
fiction writer, playwright, criticޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Russiaޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Ms.) Viktoriya A. FOMINAޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
fiction writerޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Singaporeޝޝޝ۠
(Ms.) HENG Siok Tianޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
poet, playwright ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) Anuar OTHMAN ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
fiction writerޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
South
Africaޝ۠(Mr.) Zachariah RAPOLAޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
poetޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Togoޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) Yves-Emmanuel DOGBEޝޝޝޝޝ
fiction writerޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Ugandaޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) Pascal Adyeeri MUGARRAޝޝޝ
fiction writer, playwrightޝޝޝޝ
Vietnamޝޝޝޝޝ
(Ms.) Vo Thi HAOޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
fiction writer, journalistޝޝޝޝޝ۠
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠
IWP 2000 Roster by Funding
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Argentinaޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) Martin REJTMANޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
US Department of Stateޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Brazilޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) Rǧis Rodrigues BONVICINO ۠
Vitae, Apoio 䫴ura, Educa!o e ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠ޝޝ
Promo!o
Social
Burmaޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Ms.) Nu Nu YEEޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Open Society Institute, BurmaProject
Indiaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) H.S. SHIVAPRAKASH ޝޝޝޝޝ۠University of Iowa, South Asia Studies Program; IWP
Ireland
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠(Mr.) Mike FINNޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ US Department
of Stateޝޝޝޝޝ
Israelޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) Motti LERNER ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
United States-Israel Educational Foundation
Koreaޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) HWANG Ji-Wooޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Korean Culture and Arts Foundation; University of Iowa, Center
for۠Asian and Pacific Studies;
IWP.
Nigeriaޝޝޝޝޝޝ
(Mr.) Ogaga IFOWODOޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
US Department of Stateޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) Abubakar GIMBAޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
US Department of Stateޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Poland
ޝޝޝޝޝ۠(Mr.) Piotr SLIWINSKIޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
US Department of Stateޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
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(Ms.) Izabela FILIPIAKޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation, Inc.۠
Russiaޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Ms.) Viktoriya A. FOMINAޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
US Department of Stateޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Singaporeޝޝޝ۠
(Ms.) HENG Siok Tianޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Singapore National Arts Council ޝޝޝ۠
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(Mr.) Anuar OTHMAN ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
Singapore National Arts Council
South Africaޝ۠(Mr.) Zachariah RAPOLA ޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠National Arts Council of South
Africa; personal funds.
Togoޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠(Mr.) Yves-Emmanuel DOGBEޝޝޝޝޝ US Department of Stateޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ
Ugandaޝޝޝޝޝ۠
(Mr.) Pascal Adyeeri MUGARRAޝޝޝ
US Department of Stateޝޝޝޝޝ
Vietnamޝޝޝޝޝ
(Ms.) Vo Thi HAOޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝޝ۠
US Department of State
IWP
Advisory Committee
Jae-On Kim (committee
chair), Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
Sandra Barkan,
Graduate College
Virginia Dominguez,
Anthropology Department
Prasenjit R.
Gupta, University of Iowa Press
James A. McPherson,
Writers럗orkshop
Adalaide Morris,
Department of English
Alan Nagel,
Cinema and Comparative Literature
Victoria Rovine,
Museum of Art
Jay Semel, Obermann
Center for Advanced Studies
Downing Thomas,
Department of French & Italian
Larry Rettig, Office of the Vice President for Research
Jim Sidel, graduate student representative to the IWP
Hualing Nieh Engle (director emeritus, IWP)
Christopher Merrill (director, IWP)
INTERNATIONAL WRITING PROGRAM 2000
Biographic Information
Rǧis Rodrigues BONVICINO (poet, Brazil; b. 1955, So Paulo) is one
of Brazil챠leading voices in poetry. He is the author of several poetry
collections, among them Sky-Eclipse:
Selected Poems (translated by Michael Palmer, Guy Bennett, Robert
Creeley, and others; Green Integer Press, Los Angeles, 1999); ۼ/span>Butterfly Bones (So Paulo,
1996); Outros Poemas (So Paulo,
1993); 33 Poems (So Paulo,
1990). He made his literary debut in 1975 with Bicho
Papel (Paper Creature). With Michael Palmer and Nelson Ascher, he
edited the anthology Nothing the
Sun Could Not Explain : 20 Contemporary
Brazilian Poets (Sun & Moon Press, 1997), and has published numerous
essays, reviews, and translations. Such critics as Marjorie Perloff and
Max Winter have praised the surprising richness and innovative qualities
of his work. He is currently collaborating with Michael Palmer on translating
a poetry anthology.۠Mr. Bonvicino
is a judge in So Paulo. He will join the International Writing Program
in the middle of October. His website can be found at http:sites.uol.com.br/regis/home.htm.۠His participation in the program is supported
by the Vitae Foundation of Brazil.۠His
name is pronounced /rheh۠ZHEESޝ BOH
vee CHEE noh/.
Yves-Emmanuel DOGBE (novelist, Togo; b. 1939, Lome) is director of
Edition Akpagnon in Lome, and previously served as consultant for the
UNESCO in Paris and as professor of sociology at Togo챠Ecole National
d쀤ministration and at the University of Benin. He is the author of thirty
books, including the novels La Victime۠(1979) and Le Miroir (1979) and many important essays. Dr. Dogbe has been writing
for many years, since he was a high school teacher; after a hiatus due
to political problems, he established a publishing operation, Edition
Akagnon, which helps to promote the works of young writers.۠He holds the doctorate in sociology from the University of Paris,
Sorbonne V.۠Dr. Dogbe has attended
numerous conferences in Europe and traveled extensively in neighboring
African nations.۠He is taking
part in the IWP through a grant from the U.S. Department of State. His name is pronounced /eev۠eh
mahn WEL۠DOG beh/.۠
Izabela FILIPIAK (fiction writer, playwright, critic, Poland; b. 1961,
Gdynia) leads the Memory Project of the University of Warsaw챠gender
studies department and teaches the history of foreign literature.۠In addition to teaching, her prolific career
includes literary commentary, writing novels, and writing and directing
plays. She initiated Poland챠earliest creative writing workshops. She
writes monthly columns for Gazeta
Wyborcza, the Polish edition of Marie
Claire, and Pani.۠
Her numerous publications include the novel Absolute Amnesia (1995), a fiction collection, Blue Menagerie (1997), and monographic studies and a 4-act play, The Book of Em۠(1999) based on the Polish literary figure Maria Komornicka.۠After being granted political asylum in the
United States in 1986, she wrote, directed, and appeared in a one-person
play, Hollywood, at the Open Center in New York
and took courses in drama, playwriting and directing.۠She returned to Poland in 1996, where she resumed
her active literary career.۠She
holds the MA in literature from the University of Gdaѳk.۠The Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation is providing
her support to attend the IWP. Her
name is pronounced /eezah BEL ahޝ fee LEEP yahk/.
Mike FINN (playwright, Ireland; b. 1963, Limerick) has been honored
by his countrymen for his abilities to interpret the dynamics of the old/new
Ireland. Culturally engaged in a context of nostalgia for a troubled history
and for the promise of a brilliant future, he represents the 뮴her voice
of the new and buoyant Ireland.쟈is playPigtown
was selected for presentation in the prestigious international Dublin
Fringe Theatre Festival for October 2000, and he recently took part in
the annual Stewart Parker Trust workshop at the Tyrone Guthrie Center
in Ireland. His other honors include the special award this year from
the Limerick Corporation for 뎵tstanding Contribution to the Culture
Life of the City.쟓ince 1980, Mr. Finn has been involved in cultural
communication, as producer for Big L Radio, freelance press photographer,
Founder-Director of the Island Theatre Company and the Umbrella Project
Street Theatre Company, weekly columnist for the Limerick Post, and actor in over 30 theatre
productions as well as television and films. His other plays include The Crunch (1992), Charlie Chaplin챠Mother Was an Irishman۠(1995), Nevereverland
(1998), and The Affair in the Square
(2000). The U.S. Department of State provides his participation in the
IWP.
Viktoriya Anatolyevna FOMINA
(fiction writer, Russia; b. 1965, Nalchik) is considered a rising
talent in Moscow literary circles. Her recently published collection of
short stories was nominated for one of the highly rated 뀮ti-Booker잊 awards in 1999 and received critical acclaim. Her stories have received
awards in two Internet literary competitions, have been translated into
Italian and German, and are included in a recent German anthology of the
best prose by young Russian writers. Her readings on the radio programs
닩berty쟡nd 둥sonance쟡re very popular with Russian audiences. Her
work has appeared in prestigious Russian journals, including Znamya, Druzhba Narodov, Vremya۠1 My, and Strelets.۠She was educated
at the Moscow Literary University and the Moscow Art Theater School; she
is a member of the Union of Writers of Moscow.۠
The US Department of State is supporting her participation in the
IWP. Her surname is pronounced /FOH
mee nah/.
Abubakar GIMBA (fiction writer, Nigeria; b. 1952, Nasarawa) is the
national president of the Association of Nigerian Authors and chairman
of the Concern Foundation and Savannah Publications Ltd.۠
He is the author of several novels, including Witness to Tears; Trail of Sacrifice
; Innocent Victims; Sunset for a Mandarin, and Golden۠Apples.۠
Mr. Gimba was previously executive director of the Union Bank of
Nigeria and permanent secretary in Nigeria챠Ministry of Finance and Economic
Planning.۠He holds a master챠degree in economics from
the University of Cincinnati, and has traveled extensively throughout
Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.۠
He is taking part in the IWP on a grant from the U.S. Department
of State. His name is pronounced۠/ah BOO bah kar۠GEEM bah/.
Vo Thi HAO
(fiction writer, Vietnam; b. 1956, Nghe An Province) is the Hanoi bureau
chief of the HCMC Women챠Newspaper.
When her stories began appearing in magazines in the early 1990챬 the
public rushed to read them, drawn by her original style, which is described
as 럠combination of observation, sympathy, strong feminism, and frankness
and great courage in pinpointing social problems.컳pan style="mso-spacerun: yes">۠
She has written a large body of stories, many of which have been
made into films and plays. Her work, which has been translated into English,
French, and Japanese, has received major national recognition. Her work
as a journalist is also notable for its strength and candor.۠
Ms. Hao챠publications include the short story collectionsThe Sea-Savior from Idleness (1991), Selected Collection of Short۠Stories (1996; recipient of the Vietnam
Writers럕nion챠Five-Year Hanoi Literary Award); Held-Back Laughter (1998); The
Owl챠Sleep (1999; for young adults); The
Green Goddess (2000; for children) and Horror
Stories and The Devil챠Night
Party (forthcoming this year).۠Her
participation is supported by the U.S. Department of State. Her name is pronounced /voh tee how/.
HENG Siok TianMy City, My Canvas (1999) and ۼ/span>Crossing the Chopsticks and Other Poems (1993).۠Her work has appeared in major anthologies
of the region, including .۠She is the recipient
of awards for poetry and short story competitions at the National University
of Singapore, and a scholarship for advanced studies from the Ministry
of Education.۠She holds the MA
in English literature from the National University, and a diploma۠from the Alliance Francaise. Her play The Lift was performed in Singapore in
1991 and chosen for a brief reading at the 3rd International
Women Playwrights럃onference in۠Adelaide,
Australia. Ms. Heng has also translated plays from Mandarin.۠With Anuar Othman, she is a recipient of the
Iowa Fellowship awarded by the Singapore National Arts Council. Her name is pronounced ۼ/span>/heng۠see YOK۠tee
AHN/.
HWANG Jaewoo (poet, playwright, Korea; b. 1952, HaeNam) writes under
the pen name Hwang JiWoo.۠He is professor and chair of the Department
of Playwriting at the Korean National University of Arts.ޝ He led a new wave of deconstructionist poetry
in the 1980s, which was part of the new 뱨etoric of resistance쟩n Korean
literature. His subsequent work is described as۠embodying a native spirit, with its Korean
Zen Buddhist traditions interwoven with paradox, vitality and wit. He
is the author of six poetry collections, among them Even the Birds Leave the Land (1983), A Lotus in the Crab챠Eye (199), I쫬 Sit Alone in a Darkened Pub (1998); four plays, including A Diary on the Fat Sofa (staged in 1994),
Thirty Days in Prison, staged
in 1999), and Bride May (2000).
Hwang Jaewoo studied aesthetics and art history at Seoul National University.
His education was interrupted by a forced enlistment in the army following
his imprisonment for student activism against the military dictatorship.۠His work has received numerous national awards,
including the Contemporary Literature Prize of 1991 and the DaeSan Foundation
Prize in 1999.۠He is participating
in the IWP through joint support from the Korean Culture and Arts Foundation
and the University of Iowa. His
name is pronounced ۼ/span>/hwang jee woo/.
Ogaga IFOWODO (poet, Nigeria; b. 1966, Oleh, Edo State) is project
director of the Civil Liberties Organization in Lagos and a legal practitioner.
His publications include Home Land
and Other Poems (Kraft Books, Ibadan), Selected
Poems (published as a bilingual German-English edition), and numerous
articles, including the Annual Human Rights Report of the Civil Liberties
Organization.۠He was educated
at the University of Benin and the Nigerian Law School.۠Mr. Ifowodo is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the
Association of Nigerian Authors.۠He
is taking part in the IWP through a grant from the U.S. Department of
State.۠His name
is pronounced۠/oh
GAH gah ee FOH wo doh/.
Motti LERNER (playwright, screenwriter, Israel; b. 1949, Israel) teaches
political playwriting to graduate students in the Theatre Department at
Tel Aviv University,۠and dramatic
writing at the Kibbutz College Drama School. He has been a freelance playwright
and screenwriter for the major theaters and television channels in Israel۠since 1984.۠
He was the 1994 recipient of his nation챠most important literary
award, the Prime Minister of Israel Award for Writers.۠His plays include Kastner,
a political/historical drama, which received the Best Play of the Year
award in 1985 and was produced in Germany; and Exile
in Jerusalem , which was produced by the Royal National Theatre Studio
in London, and featured Julie Harris in the title role at the Williamstown
Theatre Festival in Massachusetts in 1994. His most recent۠works include The Murder of
Isaac (1999), on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, and The Institution, an ongoing TV series dealing
with the life of therapists and their patients.۠Mr. Lerner챠studies in mathematics and physics
at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem were interrupted by service in the
Israel Defense Forces; following the resumption of his mathematics studies,
he studied theatre and attended various theatre workshops in London and
San Francisco.۠He is attending
the IWP through support from the U.S.-Israel Educational Foundation.۠His name
is pronounced /MOH tee LEHR ner/.
Pascal Adyeeri MUGARRA (fiction writer, playwright, Uganda; b. 1957, Fort Portal)
is head of the French department at the Kitante Hill School in Kampala,
where he teaches English and French. He is a graduate of Makerere University,
and studied at the University of Clermont Ferrand in France and at the
CELAB of Bjumbura. His first novel, Cherished
Dreams, was published by Macmillan (London), and he is at work on
a second novel, Prominent Figures.۠Mr. Mugarra챠work is notable for its control
of language, and its humor and instinct for dealing with social issues
and mores in a manner appealing to Ugandans and other readers in the Great
Lakes region.۠Two of his plays,
written in French, have been performed in Uganda, Burundi, and France.۠His participation in the IWP is provided by
the U.S. Department of State.۠His name is pronounced۠/ad yee EH ree۠
moo GAH rah/.
Anuar OTHMAN (fiction writer, Singapore; b. 1957, Singapore) is the
author of two short story collections, Tekad
(1984) and 1859 (1999), as well
as a selection of short fiction, poetry and essays, Prisma Seni (1995). A fourth compilation of short fiction, Mendonan,۠is forthcoming this year, along with Mr. Othman챠first novel, Sam.۠He
received Singapore챠Golden Point Award twice, winning first prize in
1997 for Hashimoto-san. ۼ/span>His work has also received recognition in Singapore챠National Short
Story Writing Competition. His stories have been translated into Chinese
and English and anthologized in those languages.۠He and Heng Siok Tian are appointed to the Iowa Fellowship of the
National Arts Council of Singapore. His
name is pronounced /AHN war۠AWT
mahn/.
Zachariah RAPOLA (fiction writer, poet, South Africa, b. Alexandria
Township) received his formal training in filmmaking, with three diplomas
from a Johannesburg-based institution,۠
and a certificate from institutions in Franch as Denmark.۠His creative writing took shape in the 1980s under the mentorship
of Prof. Ezekiel Phahlele, Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, and Lionel
Abrahams.۠His short story collection Beginnings of a Dream۠is forthcoming; he recently completed a commission
for a novella for young adults, based on a socio-developmental television
series.۠His is also commissioned
to adapt Alex La Guma챠듩me of the Butcherbird쟦or the screen.۠
He has written extensive reviews on films and books for South African
journals.۠His other works unclude short features for
local television and two documentaries produced in France and Denmark.۠His participation in the IWP was provided by
the South Africa Council for the Arts.۠
His surname is pronounced /rah۠POH lah/.
Martin REJTMAN (fiction writer, screenwriter, film director, Argentina;
b. 1961, Buenos Aires) is considered, at 39, is considered one of the
most gifted young writers on the literary scene.۠His film, Silvia Prieto
, which he wrote and directed, was entered in the Sundance Festival in
1999, as well as in festivals in Berlin, San Francisco and Munich. It
has just been released commercially in Argentina to critical acclaim.
His other feature length films, Rapado
His fiction has been similarly
well received, particularly Velcro
y yo ۼ/span>(Velcro and I; 1996)
and Rapado (1992).۠His other publications include A Book ABout Kuitca, Thirty-Four
Short۠Stories (1993).۠The IWP has hoped for his participation for
several years, and he is taking part in the program this year through
a grant from the U.S. Department of State. His
name is pronounced۠/mar
TEEN۠REHT mun/.
Hulkuntemath Shivamurthy Shastry SHIVA PRAKASH
(poet, playwright, India; b. 1954, Bangalore) is the author of four books
of poems in Kannada; eight plays which were staged and published; two
books on literary and theatre criticism, and two books of poetry translations.۠
H.S. Shiva Prakash has taught English in several colleges in Karnataka,
and is currently English editor for Indian
Literature۠at the Sahitya
Akademi in New Delhi. His poetry, plays, and translations have received
awards from the Karnataka Sahitya Academy, and the productions of several
of his plays have received national recogntion in India. Prof. Shiva Prakash
has been actively involved in workshops for young playwrights and poetry
translation, and his lectures on Indian theatre have brought him to Berlin,
Cambridge, and the Nehru Centre in London. His most recent works include
the play 뒨akespeare챠Dream Ship,쟡nthologized in Same-Sex
Love in India۠(St. Martin챠
Press, 2000). He earned the Ph.D. from Bangalore University in 1998. His
participation in the IWP is supported by the University of Iowa. His
name is pronounced۠/hool
KOON te maht۠shee vah MOOR tee۠SHAHS tree۠
SHEE vah prah KAHSH/.
Piotr SLIWINSKI (poet, essayist, literary historian, Poland; b. 1962,
Ostrow) is assistant professor of Polish philology at Adam Mickiewicz University
in Poznan, and a literary critic and commentator for the most prestigious
Polish cultural magazines. He also provides regular commentary over the
Polish national radio and television.۠Mr.
Sliwinski was a founder and editor-in-chief of the literary monthly Format.ޝ He has written numerous essays and monographs on Polish contemporary
literature; his critical collections include the books ۼ/span>Tadeusz Dolega Mostowicz (1994) and Counterpoint: Talks on Books (1999); in process of publication is
a book co-authored by Agata Legezynska, Polish
Poetry After 1968.۠He edited
Reading Zbigniew Herbert (1995) and Boredom in Culture (1999).۠He has taken part in many conferences in Europe;
this is his first visit to the United States.۠He holds the MA in Polish literature and has taken doctoral studies
in sociology; he is currently interested in the sociology of literature,
particularly the relationship between literature and the Internet. His name is pronounced slee VIN skee/.
Nu Nu YEE (novelist, Burma; b. 1957, Innwa) made her literary debut
with the short story A Little Sarong
in 1984, and has gone on to write over a dozen novels and four collections
of short fiction and long short stories.۠
Her first novel A Timid 떨at
Can I Do for You캯i> is a study of market vendors in Upper Burma and her
subsequent works have explored the lives of women, children, and urban and
industrial workers in Myanmar.۠Her
1993 novel Emerald Green Blue Kamayut,
depicting the urban poor, received Myanmar챠National Literary Award.۠Her work has been put to the service of her
country챠most pressing societal needs; a play she wrote for the nongovernmental
Population Service Centre in 1996 popularizes the use of iodine salt for
goiter problems.۠Ms. Yee conducts
lecture tours all over Myanmar. Her works have been translated into Japanese
and English.۠She holds BS from the
University of Mandalay and a diploma in librarianship from the University
of Yangon.۠She is taking part in
the IWP through a grant from the Burma Project of the Open Society Institute.۠She writes under the name Nu Nu Yiy Inwa. Her name is pronounced /noo
noo yee/.
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This report was written by Rowena Torrevillas.Portions
of the report were provided by Shelley Berc and Peter Nazareth.Lists
of field trips and receptions were collated by Jim Sidel.The
group photograph was taken by Lloyd Bender of University Photographic Services.For
more information about the International Writing Program,write
to:the Coordinator, International Writing Program,The
University of Iowa,470 English-Philosophy Building,Iowa
City, Iowa 42242-1408or call(319)335-3856.Our fax
number is 319-335-3843.Visit our website at http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp.
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