New Horizons: Writing and Other Art Forms, Writing and Other Cultures [IWP]

Painting, sculpture, music, dance: how do they inspire and get translated into our writing? Can we cross cultures the same way we cross media? A group of well-established international writers visiting Hugo House from the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa will team-teach this unique session, a three-hour exploration of how we can meet a world of art on the page. You’ll leave having written new material and virtually visited new places.

Instructors:

Teresa PRÄAUER (fiction writer, poet, visual artist; Austria) is the author of the novels Johnny und Jean (2014) and Für den Herrscher aus Übersee [For the Emperor from Overseas], which received the Aspekte prize for best German-language prose debut of 2012, as well as of a book of poetry postcards entitled [Pigeons’ Letters] (2009). In 2015 she received a Droste and a Hölderlin promotion award, and was shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. She regularly publishes on the subjects of poetry, theatre, pop culture and fine arts. Her participation is made possible by the Max Kade Foundation.

Antônio XERXENESKY (fiction writer, translator; Brazil), currently completing a PhD in literary theory at Universidade de São Paulo, is the author of two novels, most recently F (2014), two short story collections, including A Página assombrada por fantasmas (2011) and several books of translation; his own work has been translated into English, French, German and Spanish. He participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.