International Writing Program alumni

Hungarian poet and translator

Taiwanese writer

Norwegian writer and playwright (1935-2018)

Israeli writer (1921–2015)

Nigerian writer

Trinidad and Tobago writer (1923–1994)

Iraqi-Israeli Hebrew poet

Israeli poet (born 1956)

Japanese poet (1931–2024)

Ugandan writer

Afghan writer

Chinese writer

Belgian writer (1947–2025)

South African artist and writer (1929 - 2014)

Japanese writer (1946–1992)

Japanese poet, photographer and writer

Chinese writer, painter and politician

Chinese writer and journalist (1925-2005)

Israeli writer (1926–2019)

Serbian writer

Guatemalan writer

Indian writer (1942–2019)

Bengali writer

Chilean writer and film director

African writer poet academic literary critism

Japanese writer

Palestinian poet and cultural journalist

writer, political activist, director (1928-1985)

Icelandic writer

Chilean politician and writer

Chinese writer

Chinese writer

Turkish writer (born 1981)

Argentinian writer, journalist and translator

Japanese writer (1935-2005)

Sivasankari (born 14 October 1942) is an Indian author and activist who writes in Tamil. She is one of the four Tamil writers asked by the United States Library of Congress to record their voice as part of the South Asian article on Sivashankari.

Polish writer

South Korean writer

Argentine writer

Iranian writer and academic (1935–2022)

Japanese writer (1930–2007)

Chinese writer

Palestinian writer, poet and translator (born 1950)

Dutch writer and journalist

Argentine writer

Chinese novelist

Argentine writer

Mexican and Spanish poet

Danarto (27 June 1941 in Sragen, Central Java – 10 April 2018, Jakarta) was an Indonesian writer and artist. His father was Jakio Harjodinomo, a sugar factory foreman. His mother, named Siti Aminah, was small batik trader in the market. His work is well known; especially a collection of short stories: Godlob. Another collection of short stories, ''Adam Ma'rifat'', won the Literature Prize of the (Jakarta Arts Council) in 1982. In 2009 Danarto accepted the Ahmad Bakrie Award for literature.

South Korean writer

Swedish writer

Nigerian playwright (1938–2000)

Costa Rican poet, novelist, essayist, and diplomat (1928-2012)

Chilean writer

Czech poet, translator and lyricist (1940–2018)

Russian writer

Canadian writer (born 1950)

Argentinian writer

British writer

Mozambican writer