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Rob Vollmar

2026 Neustadt Jury

A collage of the jurors. Text reads: 2026 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Juries and Nominees, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alejandro Puyana, Beena Kamlani, Elisabeth Jaquette, Iheoma Nwachukwu, Maya Arad, Neustadt Prize, Polina Barskova, Shereen Malherbe, Threa Almontaser, Victoria Chang

Cherie Dimaline Wins NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

A photograph of winner Cherie Dimaline

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World Literature Today Announces 2024 Neustadt Festival Poster Design Contest Winners

An illustration of brightly garbed female figure holding a ceramic lamp. Text reads: 2024 Neustadt Lit Fest. International Books and Culture. October 21-23.

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2024 Featured Writers, Artists, and Scholars

2022 Neustadt Finalist

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2025 NSK Finalists

A collage featuring photographs of all the 2024 Neustadt finalists

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World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2025 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

A photograph of the 2025 NSK Finalists

Filed Under: News, News Releases, NSK Juries and Nominees, Press Releases, The NSK Prize

Jury Announced for the 2025 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Filed Under: News, News Releases, NSK Juries and Nominees, The NSK Prize

2025 NSK Jury

Filed Under: NSK Juries and Nominees, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alexandra Lytton Regalado, Alina Stefanescu, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Cleyvis Natera, Fabienne Kanor, Idra Novey, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Neustadt Prize, Romeo Oriogun, Sholeh Wolpé

2024 – Ananda Devi

A photo of Ananda Devi

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Ananda Devi Wins the 2024 Neustadt Prize

A photograph of Ananda Devi

Filed Under: News, News Releases Tagged With: 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Gene Luen Yang, Winner

2023 Featured Writers, Artists, and Scholars

2022 Neustadt Finalist

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Gene Luen Yang to Headline 2023 Neustadt Lit Fest at OU

A photograph of Gene Luen Yang

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World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

2023 NSK Finalist

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2024 Neustadt Finalists

A collage featuring photographs of all the 2024 Neustadt finalists

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2024 Neustadt Jury

Photographs of the 2024 Neustadt Jury

Filed Under: Neustadt Juries and Nominees, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alexandra Lytton Regalado, Alina Stefanescu, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Cleyvis Natera, Fabienne Kanor, Idra Novey, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Neustadt Prize, Romeo Oriogun, Sholeh Wolpé

2023 – Gene Luen Yang

Gene Luen Yang

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Gene Luen Yang Named Winner of 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Gene Luen Yang

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Senegalese Writer Boubacar Boris Diop to Headline 2022 Neustadt Festival

2022 Neustadt Lit Fest - Boubacar Boris Diop

Filed Under: News, News Releases, The Neustadt Prize

World Literature Today Announces 2022 Neustadt Festival Poster Design Contest Winners

2022 Neustadt Lit Fest Poster. Design by Marissa Alvarez

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2022 Featured Writers, Artists, and Scholars

2022 Neustadt Finalist

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World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

2023 NSK Finalist

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2022 – Boubacar Boris Diop

Boubacar Boris Diop

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2023 NSK Finalists

2023 NSK Finalist

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2023 NSK Jury

2023 NSK Jury

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Boubacar Boris Diop Wins Prestigious 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Boubacar Boris Diop

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Cynthia Leitich Smith to Headline 2021 Neustadt Lit Fest

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World Literature Today Announces 2021 Neustadt Festival Poster Design Contest Winners

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2021 – Cynthia Leitich Smith

Cynthia Leitich Smith

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2021 Featured Writers, Artists, and Scholars

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World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

2022 Neustadt Finalist

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Finalists for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

2022 Neustadt Finalist

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Jury Announced for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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2022 Neustadt Jury

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Cynthia Leitich Smith Named Winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

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Famed Neustadt Lit Fest for 2020 Goes 100% Online

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A Neustadt Laureate Booklist, 1970–2020

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2020 Featured Writers, Artists, and Scholars

A collage of the featured writers of the 2020 Neustadt Lit Fest

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Shortlist for the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature Announced

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2021 NSK Finalists

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2021 NSK Jury

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Jury Announced for the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

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University of Oklahoma’s Neustadt Prize Announces Its 50-Year Anniversary

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2020 – Ismail Kadare

A photo of 2020 Neustadt Laureate Ismael Kadare

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Ismail Kadare Wins Prestigious 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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Three OU Visual Communication students awarded for their designs for the 2019 Neustadt Lit Festival

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Nominees Announced for $50,000 “American Nobel”

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Finalists for the 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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2019 Featured Writers, Artists, and Scholars

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Jurors Announced for the 2020 Neustadt Prize

Meet the Jury for the 2020 Neustadt Prize

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2020 Neustadt Jury

Meet the Jury for the 2020 Neustadt Prize

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World Literature Today Increasing Amount of NSK Neustadt Prize!

NSK Neustadt Prize Medallion in Hand-Carved Wood Box

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2019 – Margarita Engle

Margarita Engle. Photo: Marshal W. Johnson

Filed Under: NSK Laureates

Margarita Engle Named Winner of the 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

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Neustadt Lit Fest to Feature Haitian American Writer Edwidge Danticat

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2019 NSK Finalists

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Finalists Announced for 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

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Three OU Students Receive 2018 Neustadt Design Awards from World Literature Today

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2019 NSK Jury

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Book reviews, infographics, and more

Guadalupe Nettel

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Book Reviews, Caryl Churchill, Colm Toibin, David Brookshaw, Erdal Oz Literary Prize, Guadalupe Nettel, infographic, Inspiration, Irish Literature Translation Prize, Literary Festivals, Mia Couto, Orhan Pamuk, Quotes, Reykjavik International Literary Festival

Gabriel García Márquez’s ashes, literary prizes, and more

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Arab Ameircan Book Award, Art, Book Review, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Elizabeth Bishop, Emma Fitzgerald, Exhibit, Gabriel García Márquez, Ge Fei, Interview, Ireland, James Tait Black Literary Prize, Jin Yucheng, Li Peifu, Literary Landmarks, Literary Map, Mao Dun Literature Prize, Mia Couto, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Rabih Alameddine, Su Tong, Wang Meng, Zia Haider

Arab American book awards, book reviews, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: 2015 International Latino Book Award, Arab American Book Award, Book Museums, Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Literature, Latin American authors, Latino, Literary Museums, Mia Couto, Museums, Naomi Shihab Nye, Patricia Grace, Poetry, Poetry Reading, Video, Wang Ping

Man Booker Prize, literary beasts, and more

Elizabeth Bishop

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: African Literature, Art, Book Art, Book Exhibits, Book Review, Carol Laing, David Malouf, Elizabeth Bishop, Literary Awards, Man Booker International Prize, Mia Couto, Rebecca Walkowitz, Salman Rushdie, Submissions, The British Library, Translation

Gabriel García Márquez film, literary Paris, and more

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Authors, Bookstores, Colm Toibin, Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Film, Gabriel García Márquez, Hawthornden Prize, Jordan Tannahill, Literary Awards, Literary Map, Paris, Plays, Reviews

Literary festivals, reviews, and more

Jordan Tannahill

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: African Literature, Book Review, Caryl Churchill, Contests, E. L. Doctorow, Etisalat Prize for Literature, Festival, Jordan Tannahill, Literary Festival, Mia Couto, Naomi Shihab Nye, Plays, Poetry, Review

Neustadt author reviews, vacation-reading infographic, and more

Can Xue

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Camoes Prize for literature in Portuguese, Can Xue, Caryl Churchill, Colm Toibin, Elizabeth Bishop, Gabriel García Márquez, Helia Correia, infographic, Mia Couto, National Translation Awards, Padma Viswanathan, Play, Reviews, Shaw Festival

Neustadt book reviews, diversity in children’s literature, and more

Amit Majmudar

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Adil Hasan, Amit Majmudar, Asian American Literature, Book Reviews, Caine Prize, Caryl Churchill, Children's Literature, Classic Literature, Diversity, Don Paterson, Guadalupe Nettel, Literary Art, Mia Couto, Namwali Serpell, Octavio Paz, Photography, Plays, Porochista Khakpour, Reading Lists, Wang Ping

Cultural identity, author letters, waterproof books, and more

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Amos Oz, Caryl Churchill, Colombia, David Hackett Fischer, Fun, Gabriel García Márquez, Germany International Literature Prize, Kickstarter, Letters About Literature, Library of Congress, Literary, Macbeth, Mark Twain, Mia Couto, Mirjam Pressler, Mozambique, Play, Sun Tzu, W. B. Yeats, Waterproof books, William Shakespeare

Play reviews, new Neustadt fiction, and more

Porochista Khakpour

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Andrew Lam, Australian Literature, Book Review, Caryl Churchill, Children's Literature, Essay, European Union Prize for Literature, Father's Day, J. M. Barrie, Literary Awards, Miles Franklin, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Play, Porochista Khakpour, Short Stories, Sofie Laguna, Vietnamese

Holocaust survival, literary festivals, and more

Jordan Tannahill

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Chris Riddell, Colm Toibin, Elizabeth Bishop, Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Etgar Keret, Holocaust, Interview, Jacqueline Wilson, John Spurling, Jordan Tannahill, Julian Clary, Naomi Shihab Nye, National Book Festival, Poetry, Telegraph Bath Children's Literature Festival, Walter Scott Prize for Historical FIction

Poet laureates, literary prizes, and more

Ann-Marie MacDonald. Photo by Gunter Kravis.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Ann-Marie MacDonald, Annelise Finegan Wasmoen, Art Installations, Best Translated Book Award, Can Xue, Juan Felipe Herrera, Latino, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Octavio Paz, Patrick McGuinness, Poet Laureate of the United States, Poetry, Uhur Kenyatta

Literary board games, awards, and more

Viswanathan Padma

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Andrew Lam, Board Games, Dundee International Book Prize, Jacqueline Woodson, Literary Finds, Neustadt, Padma Viswanathan, The Poetry Foundation, Young People's Poet Laureate

Neustadt finalists announcement and more

The 2016 Neustadt Prize Finalists

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Adam Zagajewski, Daniel Mendelsohn, David Malouf, Don Watson, Elizabeth Bishop, Neustadt Prize

Neustadt jury, summer reads, and more

2016 Neustadt Prize Jury

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Adriaan van Dis, Don Watson, Gabriel García Márquez, Ibtisam Barakat, Literary Prizes, Mia Couto, Neustadt Prize, Reading Lists, Summer Reads, Wu Ming-yi

A Haruki Murakami interview, literary funding, and more

Deji Olukotun

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

Literary prizes, refugee tales, and more

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Alice Notley, Arabic Literature, Authors, Books, California Book Award, Gabriel García Márquez, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Literary Festivals, Literary Prizes, Rabih Alameddine, Reading Lists, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Shukri Mabkhout, Stolen books, The Poetry Foundation

The Nepal earthquake, Urdu literature, and more

Samrat Upadhyay

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Andrew Lam Vietnam, Book Reviews, Elizabeth Bishop, Jacob Zuma, Mia Couto, Nepal, Poetry, Poetry Festival, Samrat Upadhyay, South Africa, Urdu

Mia Couto’s open letter, environmental lit, and more

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Ananda Devi, Children's Lit, Children's Literature, Earth Day, Emily Bitto, Mia Couto, Nigeria Prize for Literature, Nobel Prize, Stellar Prize

Gabriel García Márquez’s reading list, banned books, and more

Andrew Lam

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Andrew Lam, Banned Books, Elizabeth Bishop, Gabriel García Márquez, Gunter Grass, Interviews, Poetry, Seamus Heaney, Sherman Alexie, Thom Gunn, Tomas Transtromer

David Malouf video interview, the 2015 Pen Open Book Award, and more

David Malouf

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Bilingual Lit, Book Lists, Children's Lit, David Malouf, Elizabeth Bishop, Gabriel

Tomas Tranströmer’s death, National Poetry Month, and more

Tomas Tranströmer (left) receiving the Neustadt Prize certificate in June 1990.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Astrid Ivsar, Library, Lit Links, Literary Awards, Literary Prizes, Naomi Shihab Nye, National Poetry Month, Neustadt Prize, Tomas Transtromer

Gabriel García Márquez’s archive, a new Katherine Paterson interview, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Art Installations, David Cohen Prize, Gabriel García Márquez, Katherine Paterson, Literary Festivals, Literary Prizes

Nebula Award nominees, a new Claribel Alegría interview, and more

Claribel Alegría

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Andrew Lam, Ayelet Tsabari, Claribel Alegría, Katherine Paterson, Nebula Awards, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, Windham Campbell Prize

A library with no books, literary festivals, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Book Festivals, Books, Children's Literature, PEN

The art of translation, Assia Djebar’s death, international book covers, and more

Assia Djebar. Photo by Irmeli Jung.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Harper Lee’s newly discovered second novel, the Newbery and Caldecott Announcement, and more

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News

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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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