Notable Faculty & Alumni
The University of Iowa claims among its faculty and graduates winners of virtually every major literary award, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize, many recent U.S. Poets Laureate and others.
Writers
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Genre:
Program:
Chris Adrian
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Sherman Alexie
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Dan Beachy-Quick
Title/Position
Poetry | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Translation | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Marvin Bell
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
John Berryman
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Robert Bly
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Susan Boyd
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
T. C. Boyle
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty
Suzanne Buffam
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Mitchell Burgess
Title/Position
Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Lila Byock
Title/Position
Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Ethan Canin
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Edward Carey
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | International Writing Program
Raymond Carver
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Eleanor Catton
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty
John Cheever
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Max A Collins, Jr.
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | English Department | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Frank Conroy
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Michael Cunningham
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
John D'Agata
Title/Position
Poetry | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program
Robert Dana
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty
Junot Diaz
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Rita Dove
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Andre Dubus
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Alumni
Andre Dubus III
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Charles d’Ambrosio
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Hualing Nieh Engle
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | International Writing Program
Paul Engle
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | International Writing Program
James Galvin
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Forrest Gander
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Louise Glück
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Jorie Graham
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Robin Green
Title/Position
Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
Andrew Sean Greer
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Allan Gurganus
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Yaa Gyasi
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Charles (C.G.) Hanzlicek
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Paul Harding
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Alumni
Joy Harjo
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Robert Hass
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Anthony Hecht
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Juan Felipe Herrera
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Sarah Heyward
Title/Position
Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
Cathy Park Hong
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
John Irving
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Josephine Johnson
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Donald Justice
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Tracy Kidder
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Rita Dove
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Andre Dubus
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Alumni
Andre Dubus III
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Meenakshi Gigi Durham Durham
Title/Position
Faculty | School of Journalism | English | Fiction | Nonfiction
Charles d’Ambrosio
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Hope Edelman
Title/Position
Nonfiction | Nonfiction Writing Program | Alumni
Cyprian Ekwensi
Title/Position
Fiction | International Writing Program | Alumni
Hualing Nieh Engle
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | International Writing Program
Paul Engle
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | International Writing Program
Melissa Febos
Title/Position
Nonfiction | Faculty | Nonfiction Writing Program
Norman Felton
Title/Position
Playwriting | Theater
James Galvin
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Forrest Gander
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Rebecca Gilman
Title/Position
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
Louise Glück
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Jorie Graham
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Robin Green
Title/Position
Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
Andrew Sean Greer
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Andrew Sean Greer
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Allan Gurganus
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Yaa Gyasi
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Don Hall
Title/Position
Alumni | Screenwriting | School of Art, Art History and Design
W. David Hancock
Title/Position
Playwriting | Playwrights Workshop
Charles (C.G.) Hanzlicek
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Paul Harding
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Alumni
Joy Harjo
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Robert Hass
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Anthony Hecht
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Robin Hemley
Title/Position
Fiction | Nonfiction | Faculty | Nonfiction Writing Program
Whiti Hereaka
Title/Position
Fiction | International Writing Program | Alumni
Juan Felipe Herrera
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Sarah Heyward
Title/Position
Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
Nathan Hill
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | English Department
Cathy Park Hong
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Samuel D. Hunter
Title/Position
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
John Irving
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Josephine Johnson
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Donald Justice
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Han Kang
Title/Position
Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni
Tracy Kidder
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
W.P. Kinsella
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Carolyn Kizer
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Philip Levine
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Yiyun Li
Title/Position
Fiction | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program
Bruna Dantas Lobato
Title/Position
Alumni | Translation | Translation Workshop
Dick Locher
Title/Position
Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism
Claire Lombardo
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Layli Long Soldier
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Robert Lowell
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Carmen Maria Machado
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Haki R. Madhubuti
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Elizabeth McCracken
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Alumni
James Alan McPherson
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Ana Merino
Title/Position
Poetry | Fiction | Spanish Creative Writing MFA | Translation | Faculty
Nicholas Meyer
Title/Position
Playwriting | Screenwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), screenplay, director; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), screenplay
David Milch
Title/Position
Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Kei Miller
Title/Position
Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni
Frank Luther Mott
Title/Position
Journalism | Faculty | School of Journalism
Luis Muñoz
Title/Position
Faculty | Spanish Creative Writing MFA | Poetry
H.M. Naqvi
Title/Position
Fiction | International Writing Program | Alumni
Peter Nazareth
Title/Position
Fiction | Nonfiction | International Writing Program | Faculty | Alumni | English Department
Herbert Nipson
Title/Position
Journalism | School of Journalism | Alumni
Alice Notley
Title/Position
Poetry | Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Flannery O'Connor
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
John O'Keefe
Title/Position
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
ZZ Packer
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty
Orhan Pamuk
Title/Position
Fiction | International Writing Program | Alumni
D.A. Powell
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Srikanth (Chicu) Reddy
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Marilynne Robinson
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Brian Ross
Title/Position
Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Philip Roth
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Mary Ruefle
Title/Position
Poetry | Nonfiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program | Alumni | Faculty
Joe Russo
Title/Position
Fiction | English Department | Alumni
Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014); director
Tomaž Šalamun
Title/Position
Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni
Robyn Schiff
Title/Position
Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Karl Shapiro
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Eleni Sikelianos
Title/Position
Poetry | International Writing Program | Faculty
Bennett Sims
Title/Position
Fiction | Faculty | English Department | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Curtis Sittenfeld
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Jane Smiley
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
W.D. Snodgrass
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
William Stafford
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | English Department
Mark Strand
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
James Tate
Title/Position
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Edwin Thumboo
Title/Position
Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni
Merritt Tierce
Title/Position
Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Orange Is the New Black (2013-2019), screenplay
Michael F. Toner
Title/Position
Journalism | School of Journalism | Alumni
Justin Torres
Title/Position
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Don Ultang
Title/Position
Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism
Mona Van Duyn
Title/Position
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty
Abraham Verghese
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Marcos M. Villatoro
Title/Position
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Title/Position
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Margaret Walker
Title/Position
Poetry | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni