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
Nonfiction
Genre:
Program:
Udupi R Ananthamurthy
Title/Position
Fiction | Poetry | Alumni | International Writing Program
Dan Beachy-Quick
Title/Position
Poetry | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Translation | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Jo Ann Beard
Title/Position
Nonfiction | Alumni | Nonfiction Writing Program
Eula Biss
Title/Position
Nonfiction | Alumni | Nonfiction Writing Program
John D'Agata
Title/Position
Poetry | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program
Meenakshi Gigi Durham Durham
Title/Position
Faculty | School of Journalism | English | Fiction | Nonfiction
Hope Edelman
Title/Position
Nonfiction | Nonfiction Writing Program | Alumni
Melissa Febos
Title/Position
Nonfiction | Faculty | Nonfiction Writing Program
Robin Hemley
Title/Position
Fiction | Nonfiction | Faculty | Nonfiction Writing Program
Yiyun Li
Title/Position
Fiction | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program
Peter Nazareth
Title/Position
Fiction | Nonfiction | International Writing Program | Faculty | Alumni | English Department
Mary Ruefle
Title/Position
Poetry | Nonfiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program | Alumni | Faculty
Marcos M. Villatoro
Title/Position
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Rachel Yoder
Title/Position
Nonfiction | Alumni | Nonfiction Writing Program | Faculty | Cinematic Arts | Screenwriting