The Neustadt Festival of International Literature and Culture

PRESS RELEASE: Critically acclaimed Indian-Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry wins 2012 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Tuesday, Sept. 27: Featuring Oklahoma authors, wine and hors d'oeuvres 7 p.m. at the Norman Depot.

Wednesday, Sept. 28: Featuring local celebrities at the OMU Courtyard

An NSK Conversation at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History

2011 NSK Prizewinner Virginia Euwer Wolff

TUESDAY, September 27th	THURSDAY, September 29th
Opening night featuring readings by Oklahoma poets Norman Depot \| 7:30–9pm	Wolff and Staples: An NSK Conversation SNOMNH Kerr Auditorium \| 1:30–3:30pm

WEDNESDAY, September 28th	FRIDAY, September 30th
Celebrity Read including Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal and singer-songwriter Mike Hosty OMU Courtyard \| 11:30am–1pm	Keynote speech: 2011 NSK Prizewinner Virginia Euwer Wolff OMU Ballroom \| 11:30am–12:30pm

2011 NSK Children's Prize Laureate Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Euwer Wolff was born in 1937 in Oregon. After graduating from Smith College, she taught school, reared two children, and attended graduate school in four states before beginning to write for young readers in her mid‐forties. Her novels focus on a learning‐disabled sixteen‐year‐old boy...Read More
JURORS

Rabih Alameddine (Lebanon)	Gabeba Baderoon (South Africa)
Norma Cantú (Mexico/US)	Andrea De Carlo (Italy)
Nathalie Handal (France/US)	Ilya Kaminsky (Ukraine/US)
Yahia Lababidi (Egypt/Lebanon)	Miguel Syjuco (Philippines)
Samrat Upadhyay (Nepal)

Winners will be announced Wednesday September 5th.

The Neustadt Festival is sponsored by The University of Oklahoma® and World Literature Today. We are proud to thank the Neustadt family and the following sponsors: