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July 14, 2014Photo by Bengt Oberger In 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…
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 only redrew t…- April 7, 2014A cover feature on Argentine/Spanish writer Andrés Neuman, the 2014 Puterbaugh Fellow, plus highlights from the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival and A special section on translation featuring Eric A…
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 Internationa…
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…- 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 the…
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 i…- 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 i…
- 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 the Un…
- September 24, 2013Photo by Agence France Presse The World Literature Today executive director, editors, and staff today noted with sadness that on Sept. 21, 2013 Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian poet and statesman, die…
- July 16, 2013NEWS RELEASEFor immediate release Allyse Sanchez303-839-1415, ext. [email protected] Robert Con DavisExecutive Director, World Literature Today405-3…
June 18, 2013NEWS RELEASEFor immediate release Allyse Sanchez 303-839-1415, ext. [email protected] Robert Con DavisExecutive Director,…
May 23, 2013The 2013 Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture was an inspiring success, and we’ve compiled moments throughout the week that capture the impact that Puterbaugh Fellow Maaza Mengi…
April 5, 2013This Monday marks a week into poetry month and the opening of the 26th Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture. Continuing the poetry month celebration, we have a fun find that tie…- March 22, 2013Photo by Stuart C. Shapiro/Wikimedia Twice-nominated for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1994 and 2004), and a juror for the prize in 1974, Nigerian author Chinua Achebe died on Thur…
March 18, 2013Photo by Jonathan Stalling Two weeks ago, at the 2013 conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs in Boston, I spoke on the panel “Looking Out: American Journals on the World Stag…- February 5, 2013World Literature Today is proud to announce new rigorously researched and up-to-date figures for the magazine’s total annual circulation and readership. The circulation is a firm figure…
January 16, 2013Don’t miss this chance to submit to PEN’s awards for translated literature. PEN is still accepting submissions for the $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, the $3,000 PEN Translation Prize, and…- December 14, 2012RC Davis-Undiano, the executive director of WLT and CLT, was recently interviewed for a Beijing radio broadcast on the status of Chinese literature overseas. Listen to his discussion…
December 12, 2012The creation of the animated book trailer for Mo Yan’s Sandalwood Death was a labor of love carried out over nearly two years. I conceived of the idea within months of learning that the novel…
November 8, 2012We are pleased to officially present the WLT shortlist of Pushcart Prize nominations for 2012. The Pushcart Prize annually honors the best poetry, short fiction, or essays published in small…- November 7, 2012Left: WLT intern Alyssa Boutelle's illustration of a quote from the September issue of WLT. Right, a screenshot of the new WLT Pinterest. We’ve been pinning away in our new…
- November 19, 2012WINNERSThe following students were chosen by Mr. Stern and Ms. Macari as the first, second, and third place winners in the WLT Poetry Contest. The students read their poetry in front of the t…
October 18, 2012The annual Neustadt Festival of International Literature and Culture attracted its highest attendance ever this year. Celebrating the works of 2012 Neustadt Prize laureate Rohinton Mistry, the festiva…
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