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May 27, 2015An 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 dis…
May 18, 2015The 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature jury panel features nine writers:Alison Anderson, United States/SwitzerlandPorochista Khakpour, Iran/United StatesValeria Luiselli, Mexico/United S…
April 14, 2015Photo: H. Grunert / www.nobelprize.orgWhen it was announced on Monday that Nobel laureate Günter Grass had passed away in Lübeck, Germany, at the age of eighty-seven, we asked lo…
March 30, 2015Tomas Tranströmer delivering his acceptance speech for the Neustadt Prize in June 1990.When news broke late last week that Nobel Prize laureate Tomas Tranströmer had died in Stoc…
February 25, 2015From 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…
February 9, 2015Assia 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 Assia D…- January 22, 2015A cover feature on Iranian exile lit featuring Moniro Ravanipour, Omid Fallahazad, Mohsen Emadi, and Mana Neyestani, guest-edited by Persis Karim plusRoberto Fernández Retamar’s reading…
- December 16, 2014The editors of WLT are delighted to announce that the following slate of six authors have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize XL anthology:Poetry Julia Fiedor…
- December 11, 2014A cover feature on 2014 Neustadt Prize winner Mia Couto (Mozambique) and A special section on flash nonfiction featuring Brian Doyle, Josey Foo, Vikram Kapur, Lia Purpura, and Dmitry Samarov…
October 24, 2014Asare 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 a…
September 24, 2014Norman, 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…- September 22, 2014A special section on post-Wende central European lit (1989–2014)Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany), an excerpt from The End of Days, tr. Susan BernofskyTomas Ven…
September 1, 2014In 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 boo…- July 24, 2014Celebrating the First 10 Years of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literaturefeaturing contributions from all six laureates and a retrospect…
July 14, 2014Photo by Bengt ObergerIn honor of Nadine Gordimer, who passed away yesterday at the age of ninety, we reprint here her testimonial from our Winter 1996 issue, devoted to “South A…
April 18, 2014When news broke yesterday about the death of Gabriel García Márquez, the entire staff of World Literature Today paused to reflect on the legacy of a writer who not on…- April 7, 2014A cover feature on Argentine/Spanish writer Andrés Neuman, the 2014 Puterbaugh Fellow, plus highlights from the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival andA special section on translation featuring Eri…
March 6, 2014Photo by Luis Angel.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 International…
March 5, 2014We need your help! Our March 2013 cover featuring the photography of Phil Borges is competing among some very big mainstream magazines, but we're hopeful that—with your vote—we can win. Cast y…- December 4, 2013Our official list of Pushcart nominees from the 2013 issues of WLT is complete, and we've published all the pieces online for your reading convenience. The Pushcart Prize annually honors…
November 1, 2013Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.NORMAN, OKLA., Nov. 1, 2013 – Mozambican author António Emílio Leite Couto (Mia Couto) has been chosen by a jury of nine int…- November 1, 2013Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.NORMAN, OKLA., Nov. 1, 2013 – Mozambican author António Emílio Leite Couto (Mia Couto) has been chosen by a jury of nine int…
- October 25, 2013The 2013 Neustadt Festival of International Literature & Culture—featuring twenty poets, novelists, musicians, filmmakers, translators, and scholars from around the globe—will take place on t…
- September 24, 2013Photo by Agence France PresseThe World Literature Today executive director, editors, and staff today noted with sadness that on Sept. 21, 2013 Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet and statesman, died…
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