Writers from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program will read from their work and take questions from the audience on Sep 14th.
Alan Cherchesov is a fiction writer from Russia at work on his fourth novel. The recipient of a number of literary prizes, he was a finalist for the 2001 and 2006 Russian Booker Awards. Solvi Bjorn Sigurdsson is a novelist, poet, and translator from Iceland. His “Diabolical Comedy,” a modern take on “The Divine Comedy,” has been translated into Finnish, Swedish and Danish. All are welcome at this event