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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Dongwang Liu at [email protected], or (319) 335-1305.
This event is made possible by the Japan Foundation, UI International Programs, UI Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, UI International Writing Program, and Exchanges magazine.
Monday, April 1711:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | 1117 University Capitol CentreOPENING RECEPTION AND LECTURES ON NAKAGAMI KENJI (IWP 1982) with Professor Anne McKnight, Shirayuri College and Professor Eri Watanabe, Shizuoka University*Lunch provided
7 - 8 p.m. | Shambaugh House, 430 North Clinton St.FICTION READING: “Love in Transit: Borderlands in Contemporary Japanese Fiction” with Nori Nakagami (IWP 2002) and Kyoko Yoshida (IWP 2005)
Tuesday, April 182 - 3:15 p.m. | 1117 University Capitol CentreROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: TransPacific Poetics with Sawako Nakayasu, translator, and Lisa Samuels, author*Refreshments provided
7 - 8 p.m. | Prairie Lights, 15 South Dubuque StPOETRY READING: “Alice Iris Red Horse” Gozo Yoshimasu (IWP 1971, 1987) Translated by Forrest Gander, Sawako Nakayasu, and Kyoko Yoshida
Wednesday, April 194 - 5 p.m. | Shambaugh House, 430 North Clinton St.POETRY READING: “More Wet than Water: Two Contemporary Poets” with Forrest Gander and Sawako Nakayasu
7 - 9 p.m. | Theatre B, Theatre BuildingPOETRY AND MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE: “Gozo: The Medium is the Messenger” with Gozo Yoshimasu, Forrest Gander, Sawako Nakayasu, and Kyoko Yoshida, featuring the Laptop Orchestra with Professor Jean-François Charles, conductor
Thursday, April 202:15 - 3:15 p.m. | 318 Phillips HallTRANSLATION WORKSHOP: “How Literature Travels: Translators Between Languages” with Gozo Yoshimasu, Forrest Gander, Kyoko Yoshida, Nori Nakagami and Anne McKnight
6:30 - 9:50 p.m. | 2390 University Capitol CentreTRANSLATION WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY EXCHANGES: “Translation Deep Dive: Gozo and the Sea of Translators”with Gozo Yoshimasu, Forrest Gander, Sawako Nakayasu, and Kyoko Yoshida *Dinner provided
A Half-Century of Japanese Writers in Iowa
APRIL 17-20, 2017Photo credit: Araki Nobuyoshi Photo credit: Gozo Yoshimasu
Writing and Translating at the International Writing Program, 1967-2017
Featuring:
poet (IWP 1971)
Gozo Yoshimasu poet and translator
Forrest Ganderpoet and translator
Sawako Nakayasu fiction writer and translator (IWP 2005)
Kyoko Yoshida fiction writer (IWP 2002)
Nori Nakagami Shirayuri College
Anne McKnight Shizuoka University
Eri Watanabe writer and sound artist, University of Auckland
Lisa Samuels
Photos of Gozo Yoshimasu in 1975 and 2016 from the book Waga shiteki jiden (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho, 2016)