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A conversation between four IWP 2024 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "In and out of Translation," followed by Q&A. Free pizza will be provided to those who attend in person. This event is supported by University of Iowa International Programs and the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization.

Join us in Meeting Room A of the Iowa City Public Library, or watch live online via the ICPL YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/thelibrarychannel

Felipe Franco Munhoz (fiction writer, poet, playwright, translator; Brazil) is the author of Dissoluções [Dissolutions] (2024), Lanternas ao nirvana [Lanterns to Nirvana] (2022), Identidades [Identities] (2018), and Mentiras [Lies] (2016). He has translated works by Ivan Turgenev, Samuil Marshak, and Alexander Pushkin. He is the recipient of a Santa Maddalena Foundation fellowship and residencies with Art Omi, Sangam House, and the Festival Artes Vertentes. His participation was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department

Zakariya Amataya (poet, editor, translator; Thailand) won the 2010 S.E.A. Write Award for his first poetry collection, No Women in Poetry. He followed with a second collection, [But in Us It Is Deep as the Sea], in 2013. After 25 years in Bangkok and India, Amataya returned home to Narathiwat in 2016 to write poems and stories about the southern Thai borderlands and to co-found a journal called The Melayu Review. His third poetry collection, due out in 2024, is called Posthumous Poems from Paradise. His participation was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Yassin Adnan (poet, fiction writer, editor, television presenter; Morocco) is the author of six poetry collections, three short story collections, one novel, and one book about travel. The novel, Hot Maroc, was published in English by Syracuse University Press in 2021. Adnan serves as president of the Marrakech English Book Festival and as a member of the board of trustees of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. The founder of two literary magazines, he has also hosted two cultural television programs, one radio show, and one podcast. He is the editor of various titles, including the anthology Marrakech Noir (2018). His participation was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Nurit Kasztelan (poet, fiction writer, editor, bookseller; Argentina) is the author of the novel Tanto (2023), which was the recipient of an honorable mention for the National Award for Literature from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes, and the poetry collections Movimientos Incorpóreos (2007), Lógica de los accidentes (2013), and Después (2018), which was published in English by Cardboard House Press as Awaiting Major Events (2021). She attended the Campo Garzon residency in Uruguay in 2022. Her participation was made possible by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.