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

Playwrights Workshop
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Rick Cleveland

Title/Position
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

Nilo Cruz

Title/Position
Playwriting | Playwrights Workshop | Faculty

Rebecca Gilman

Title/Position
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

W. David Hancock

Title/Position
Playwriting | Playwrights Workshop

Samuel D. Hunter

Title/Position
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

Nicholas Meyer

Title/Position
Playwriting | Screenwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

John O'Keefe

Title/Position
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

Naomi Wallace

Title/Position
Iowa Writers' Workshop | Playwrights Workshop | Poetry | Playwriting | Alumni

Tennessee Williams

Title/Position
Playwriting | Playwrights Workshop | Theater