Jurors Announced for the 2020 Neustadt Prize

News and Events WLT Norman, Okla. (June 11, 2019) – Robert Con Davis-Undiano, Neustadt Professor and executive director of the World Literature Today organization at the University of Oklahoma, this week announced the names of nine writers to be the jury for the 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Calling this group “one of the most prestigious Neustadt juries ever,” he said that each juror nominates one writer for the prize. The jurors are Russian-born literary nonfiction writer Anna Badkhen; Kapka Kassabova, a native of Bulgaria and a writer of journeys and geographies; Philippine American poet Joseph O. Legaspi; poet, translator and essayist Philip Metres; Dunya Mikhail, an Iraqi American poet and essayist; poet and translator André Naffis-Sahely; Vi Khi Nao, whose work includes poetry, fiction, and film; Felipe Restrepo Pombo, a Colombian journalist, editor and author; and Katherena Vermette, a Métis poet and writer of adult and children’s literature. The finalists for the 2020 Neustadt Prize will be announced in July. The jury will convene on Oct. 16 during the annual Neustadt Lit Fest in Norman, Oklahoma. The winner will be announced that evening during a live broadcast on the WLT Facebook page. This prestigious prize can be awarded to a living writer anywhere in any genre. It recognizes great accomplishments in literature and is frequently referenced as “the American Nobel” for its reputation as a forerunner... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'

[ World Literature Today | 2019-06-10 16:04:37 UTC ]

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