2018 Neustadt Lit Festival
The 2018 Neustadt Lit Festival, a celebration of international books and culture sponsored by World Literature Today, will take place on the Norman campus of the University of Oklahoma this fall. The literary festival, which is free and open to the public, features Edwidge Danticat, winner of the 2018 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, plus other visiting writers, artists, dancers, and scholars.
2018 Events
Featured Authors and Participants
Read more about each of the featured authors and scholars in this year’s festival.
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- Edwidge Danticat
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- Achy Obejas
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- Atibon Nazaire
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- Catherine John
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- Portsha Jefferson
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- Erik Gleibermann
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- Marcia Chatelain
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- Marie Casimir
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- Daniel Brevil
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- Karlos Hill
Recent Neustadt Festival Media
December 12, 2017
November 20, 2017
A Look Back At…
“Meshack Asare is more than a son of Ghana; having retold tales from other African countries, such as Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa, he is a storyteller of the continent. His oeuvre has provided generations of children on the continent with intelligent, resonant stories that have entertained and enriched in equal measure.” – Nii Ayikwei Parkes, in his nominating statement Meshack Asare is a gifted Ghanaian author-illustrator who has won international acclaim for a rare…
