International Writing Program alumni

Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

South Korean writer

French historian (1886–1944)

Russian author (born 1962)

Croatian writer (1949–2023)

Irish writer (born 1945)

Croatian journalist and novelist (born 1949)

Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure

Israeli writer and screenwriter

Hungarian writer, poet and translator (1917–2007)

Chinese writer (1904-1986)

Chinese writer

contemporary Chinese (PRC) avant garde poet

Mexican writer (1935–2018)

Romanian writer

Serbian writer (1948-2023)

Nigerian writer

Nigerian writer (1920-1997)

Russian historian

Czech Jewish author (1926–2011)

South Korean director and screenwriter (born 1964)

Macedonian writer

Chilean author and journalist (1924-1996)

Romanian writer (novelist, essayist, PEN center leader)

Greek writer and playwright (born 1966)

Slovene poet, born in 1941 in Zagreb, Croatia

South African born Botswanan writer and teacher (1937–1986)

Polish writer and journalist (born 1935)

Turkish writer (1931–2013)

Polish poet, translator, essayist and writer (1921-2017)

Bosnian-German writer

Brazilian author (1941-2014)

Nigerian author (1921-2007)

Indian writer (1927–2007)

Indian poet

Mexican writer (1928–1983)

Chinese writer

Hungarian poet, translator

Finnish writer who writes in Swedish, born 1947

Dutch author, journalist, feminist (1954-2018)

Ivorian and French writer and painter

Polish writer (1945-)

Ghanaian writer

Palestinian writer

Argentine writer

author, poet, dramatist and film director (1948–2012)

Romanian writer (1936–1996)

Polish writer (1957-2023)

Chinese writer, literary critic, and tailor

Canadian writer

poet (1922–1991)

Chinese writer

Argentine writer (1928–2022)

Argentine writer

Swedish writer, journalist and critic (born 1958)

Indian writer (1929–2005)

Indian writer and critic in the Kannada language

(1946–) Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist

Indian poet (1932-2021)