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A Haruki Murakami interview, literary funding, and more

Neustadt in the News

Recent Neustadt juror Deji Olukotun’s novel Nigerians in Space received this nice write-up by award-winning poet Tade Ipadeola.

The North Haven Library is releasing Neustadt prizewinner Elizabeth Bishop’s summer journals written in North Haven from 1974 to 1979. The book will be released this July, and a symposium commemorating the release is scheduled for August.

2010 Neustadt juror Etgar Keret’s sixth short-story collection, Suddenly A Knock at the Door, is the first Israeli literary work to be translated into the Vietnamese language. Keret’s books have been published in 36 languages and 39 countries across the world.

Lit Prizes and Festivals

Guyanese writer Imam Baksh was awarded the Burt Award for Caribbean Literature for his first full-length novel.

The Queensland Government has decided to bring back public funding for its literary awards. The former premier, Campbell Newman, stopped funding in 2012 based on tax money concerns. The current premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has committed $125,000 for the awards, as well as establishing three new awards for adults and young writers to further develop Queensland voices.

The Royal Society of Literature will award the RSL Ondaatje Prize from among six shortlisted books. This award is offered to distinguished fiction, nonfiction, or poetry that evokes a spirit of place. Read excerpts from the six shortlisted books.

Fun Finds and Inspiration

A recent interview with Haruki Murakami features insight into the power of mythical bonds, his recent success with Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, and the idea of movement in writing.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Book Releases, Book Reviews, Deji Olukotun, Elizabeth Bishop, Etgar Keret, Haruki Murakami, Literary Awards, Literary Prizes, Short Story, Vietnamese, Writers

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Neustadt Laureates

  • 2024 – Ananda Devi

  • 2022 – Boubacar Boris Diop

  • 2020 – Ismail Kadare

  • 2018 – Edwidge Danticat

  • 2016 – Dubravka Ugrešić

  • 2014 – Mia Couto

  • 2012 – Rohinton Mistry

  • 2010 – Duo Duo

  • 2008 – Patricia Grace

  • 2006 – Claribel Alegría

  • 2004 – Adam Zagajewski

  • 2002 – Álvaro Mutis

  • 2000 – David Malouf

  • 1998 – Nuruddin Farah

  • 1996 – Assia Djebar

  • 1994 – Kamau Brathwaite

  • 1992 – João Cabral de Melo Neto

  • 1990 – Tomas Tranströmer

  • 1988 – Raja Rao

  • 1986 – Max Frisch

  • 1984 – Paavo Haavikko

  • 1982 – Octavio Paz

  • 1980 – Josef Škvorecký

  • 1978 – Czesław Miłosz

  • 1976 – Elizabeth Bishop

  • 1974 – Francis Ponge

  • 1972 – Gabriel García Márquez

  • 1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti

NSK Laureates

  • 2023 – Gene Luen Yang

  • 2021 – Cynthia Leitich Smith

  • 2019 – Margarita Engle

  • 2017 – Marilyn Nelson

  • 2015 – Meshack Asare

  • 2013 – Naomi Shihab Nye

  • 2011 – Virginia Euwer Wolff

  • 2009 – Vera B. Williams

  • 2007 – Katherine Paterson

  • 2005 – Brian Doyle

  • 2003 – Mildred D. Taylor

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