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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

Jury Announced for the Prestigious 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

2016 Neustadt Prize Jury

Filed Under: News Releases, Press Releases

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

A Swedish Poet in Oklahoma: Remembering Tomas Tranströmer

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

Filed Under: News, News Releases

PEN Literary Awards longlists, Man Booker finalists, and more

Mia Couto receiving the Neustadt Prize. Photo by Vanessa Rudloff.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News

A new book by David Malouf, upcoming literary festivals, and more

2000 Neustadt Laureate David Malouf. Photo by Adrian Wiggins/Flickr

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Brian Doyle, Children's Theatre, David Malouf, Literary Festivals, Mario Vargas Llosa, Nadine Gordimer, Neustadt Prize, Nobel Prize

Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s birthday, a Neustadt Prize Infographic, and more

Kamau Brathwaite

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News Tagged With: Gabriel García Márquez, Kamau Brathwaite, Neustadt Prize, Poetry

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

A Tribute to Assia Djebar (1936–2015)

Assia Djebar. Photo by Irmeli Jung.

Filed Under: News, News Releases

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

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links, News

Copenhagen’s literary spaces, the Stephen Spender Prize, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Books as ex-lovers, the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

The 2014 Neustadt Festival Highlights Video

Mia Couto receiving the Neustadt Prize. Photo by Vanessa Rudloff.

Filed Under: Media, News

Best young-adult books, Mia Couto’s Neustadt Prize speech, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Rohinton Mistry’s singing career, poetic resolutions, and more

Rohinton Mistry, 2012 Neustadt Festival Keynote Speech

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Banning Bridge to Terabithia, literary stocking stuffers, and more

Katherine Paterson

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Discovering shared stories, midnight reading in Taiwan, and more

Naomi Shihab Nye. Photo by Chehalis Hegner

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Books, Bookstores, Naomi Shihab Nye, Novels, NSK Prize, Perfume, Rohinton Mistry

KGOU interviews Mia Couto, the Brodsky/Spender Prize, and more

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

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

African children’s literature, the 2014 Giller Prize, and more

Meshack Asare

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Mia Couto in the News, strategies for reading poetry, and more

Mia Couto autographing a book.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Celebrating Mia Couto and Meshack Asare, Hiding in Plain Sight, and more

Mia Couto receiving the Neustadt Prize. Photo by Vanessa Rudloff.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

The 2014 Neustadt Festival in Pictures

Mia Couto autographing a book.

Filed Under: Media, News

Meshack Asare Announced as the 2015 Winner of the Prestigious NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

Meshack Asare

Filed Under: News, News Releases

2014 Neustadt Festival Dispatches: “The Birds of God”

Birds of God dance performance

Filed Under: Media, News

2014 Neustadt Dispatches: Opening Night

Mia Couto autographing a book.

Filed Under: Media, News

The Neustadt Festival, the Nobel Prize, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Gabo’s ebooks, Nobel Prize speculation, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Alastair Reid, Gabriel García Márquez, Joao Cabral de Melo Neto, John Berger, Nathalie Handal, Nobel Prize, Nuruddin Farah, Translation

Ferguson and Palestine, 2015 ALMA finalists, and more

Octavio Paz

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Dayton Literary Peace Prizes, Neustadt banned books, and more

Rohinton Mistry

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Gabo’s secret muse, Neustadt laureates vie for the Nobel, and more

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Assia Djebar, Book Fair, Books, Gabriel García Márquez, National Book Awards, Nobel Prize, Nuruddin Farah, Octavio Paz, Rohinton Mistry, Translation

Naomi Shihab Nye on teaching poetry, inspiring life quotes, and more

The 2014 Neustadt Festival

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

New Issue of World Literature Today Celebrates Prizewinning Children’s Writers

The September 2014 issue of World Literature Today

Filed Under: News Releases

Naomi Shihab Nye’s new novel, authors’ favorite illustrations, and more

Naomi Shihab Nye. Photo by Chehalis Hegner

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Children's Literature, Gabriel García Márquez, Illustrations, Literary Prizes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Neustadt Prize, Novels, NSK Neustadt Prize, Rohinton Mistry

The PEN/Heim Fund winners, remembering Czesław Miłosz, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

NEA Fellowships, Leonard Everett Fisher’s illustrations, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Censorship in China, a new poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Poems for Gaza, Goodnight Moon farmhouse threatened, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Mexico at the Venice Biennale, the Caine Prize, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

The 2015 NSK finalists, Miranda Otto as Elizabeth Bishop, and more

Finalists for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

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

Finalists for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize

Filed Under: News Releases, Press Releases

South Korean culture, short stories for your lunch break, and more

Krys Lee. Photo by Matt Douma

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

2015 NSK jurors, Charles Wright as Poet Laureate, and more

2015 NSK Neustadt Jury

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

The 7th Biennial NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature Jurors Announced

2015 NSK Neustadt Jury

Filed Under: News Releases, Press Releases

A new Haruki Murakami story, the Griffin Poetry Prizes, and more

Haruki Murakami

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Poetry Walk in Brooklyn, the Lambda Literary Awards, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Max Frisch in New York, the IFFP, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

“When I die I’ll live again”: A Tribute to Maya Angelou (1928–2014)

Maya Angelou and Margherita Guidacci participate in the Neustadt Prize deliberations.

Filed Under: News Releases

A Murakami book club, lit prizes for women, and more

Kamau Brathwaite

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Claribel Alegría, David Malouf, Game of Thrones, Kamau Brathwaite, Libraries, Poetry, Translation, Writing

NSK laureate inspires teacher’s lesson on giving, new translations, and more

A Chair for My Mother by NSK laureate Vera B. Williams

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Children's Literature, David Malouf, Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Awards, NSK Prize, Translation, Vera B. Williams

Elizabeth Bishop’s home for sale, PEN Literary Awards, and more

The Great Reading Room, Norman, OK

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

The Year of Octavio Paz, literary prize announcements, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Goodbye Gabo, happy birthday Shakespeare, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

A Tribute to Gabriel García Márquez

GabrielGarciaMarquez-NeustadtTribute

Filed Under: News Releases

Poetry Madness Sweet 16, the Pulitzer Prizes, and more

Powell's Poetry Madness

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Gabriel García Márquez hospitalized, Poetry Madness brackets, and more

Nuruddin Farah in a video interview.

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

International Children’s Book Day, Octavio Paz’s centennial, and more

Octavio Paz

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Poet-to-Poet, David Malouf’s 80th birthday, and more

2000 Neustadt Laureate David Malouf. Photo by Adrian Wiggins/Flickr

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Gabriel García Márquez, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Latin American authors, Literary Awards, National Book Critics Circle, Novels, Poetry

Finding identity in literature, lit prizes galore, and more

Krys Lee. Photo by Matt Douma

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Leaving poetry, Murakami’s rhythm, and more

Naomi Shihab Nye. Photo by Chehalis Hegner

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Language and identity, banned books, and more

Virginia Euwer Wolff

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Elizabeth Bishop’s letters, Olympic poetry, and more

Emily Bishop

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links Tagged With: Elizabeth Bishop, Gabriel García Márquez, Latin American authors, Patricia Grace, Poetry, Rohinton Mistry

The Great Gilly Hopkins movie, lit prize shortlists, and more

Stacks of books. Photo by Georg Mayer/Flickr

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Life-altering reading, book sculptures, and more

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Listen Now: Neustadt Jurors on NPR Affiliate, KGOU

Filed Under: News Releases

Children’s literature awards, moving book art, and more

01-31-Books, Bristol Library

Filed Under: Neustadt Lit Links

Noted Mozambican Author Mia Couto Wins 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

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

Filed Under: News Releases

Neustadt Festival Day Two: Film, Readings, and Cultural Discussion

Filed Under: News Releases

The 2013 Neustadt Festival Kicks Off with a Packed House

Photo by Laura Hernandez.

Filed Under: News Releases

2013 Neustadt Festival Celebrates World-Class Literature, with a Spotlight on the Middle East

The 2013 Neustadt Festival

Filed Under: News Releases

A Tribute to Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo

Walter Neustadt Jr. (left) and Álvaro Mutis at the Neustadt banquet, University of Oklahoma, October 18, 2002

Filed Under: News Releases

Info for the Media: Ghanian Poet and Statesman Kofi Awoonor

Kofi Awoonor

Filed Under: News Releases

NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature Donates Picture Books to Save the Children

Nancy, Susan, and Kathy

Filed Under: News Releases

Discover the Nominees for the 23rd Biennial Neustadt Prize, Announced July 16th

2014 Shortlist of Nominees

Filed Under: News Releases

2013 Neustadt Festival Schedule Announced

Poster for the 2013 Neustadt Festival

Filed Under: News Releases

2014 Neustadt Prize Jury Announced, June 18th

2014 Neustadt Prize Jury

Filed Under: News Releases

Naomi Shihab Nye Wins 2013 NSK Prize

Naomi Shihab Nye

Filed Under: News Releases Tagged With: Children's Literature, NSK Prize

Highlights from the 2012 Neustadt Festival

2012 Neustadt Festival Highlights Reel

Filed Under: News Releases

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NSK Laureates

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  • 2017 – Marilyn Nelson

  • 2015 – Meshack Asare

  • 2013 – Naomi Shihab Nye

  • 2011 – Virginia Euwer Wolff

  • 2009 – Vera B. Williams

  • 2007 – Katherine Paterson

  • 2005 – Brian Doyle

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