BEGIN:VCALENDAR X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago PRODID:-//University of Iowa//Events 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T122449Z DTSTART:20191027T160000 DTEND:20191027T170000 SUMMARY:International Writing Program (IWP) Prairie Lights Reading Series DESCRIPTION:Sundays this fall: \n The IWP and UI MFA writing programs take over the 2nd floor of Prairie Lights – grab a glass of wine or a fancy soda and settle in for an hour of highlights from three of the writers' best works!\n\nBUDDHISAGAR (fiction\, poetry\, drama\; Nepal) authored the bestselling novel [Karnali Blues]\, which won the 2010 Rastriya Pratibha Puraskar award\; an English translation is forthcoming. He has three other novels and one poetry collection\; his radio scripts appear on Nepali broadcasts as well as on BBC\; a feature film based on his screenplay will be released in 2020. He participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S. Department of State.\n\nAmira-Géhanne KHALFALLAH (fiction\, nonfiction\, drama\; Algeria) is a journalist\, novelist\, filmmaker\, and playwright. Her plays Les draps [Sheets] and Shams et les poissons du désert [Shams and the Desert Fish] have been published\; her debut novel Le naufrage de la lune [The Wreck of the Moon] appeared in 2018\; her short film Essebat [The Shoe] screened at several international festivals\; a feature film is in development. She participates through a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.\n\nRomeo Oriogun \n\n\nhttps://events.uiowa.edu/30722 LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, \, 15 South Dubuque Street\, Iowa City\, IA 52240 UID:edu.uiowa.events-prod-30722 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Sundays this fall:
\n The IWP and UI MFA writing programs take over the 2nd floor of Prairie Lights – grab a glass of wine or a fancy soda and settle in for an hour of highlights from three of the writers' best works!
BUDDHISAGAR (fiction\, poetry\, drama\; Nepal) authored the bestselling novel [Karnali Blues]\, which won the 2010 Rastriya Pratibha Puraskar award\; an English translation is forthcoming. He has three other novels and one poetry collection\; his radio scripts appear on Nepali broadcasts as well as on BBC\; a feature film based on his screenplay will be released in 2020. He participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the U.S. Department of State.
\n\nAmira-Géhanne KHALFALLAH (fiction\, nonfiction\, drama\; Algeria) is a journalist\, novelist\, filmmaker\, and playwright. Her plays Les draps [Sheets] and Shams et les poissons du désert [Shams and the Desert Fish] have been published\; her debut novel Le naufrage de la lune [The Wreck of the Moon] appeared in 2018\; her short film Essebat [The Shoe] screened at several international festivals\; a feature film is in development. She participates through a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
\n\nRomeo Oriogun
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