International Writers

The New Writing Partnership brings 40 distinguished writers to Norwich this summer to celebrate the act of writing in many cultures. You too can join the project and make your own unique contribution.

To help inspire you with your writing, we have collected fragments from the writing of our international guest authors, glimpses of their writing worlds – novel extracts, stories, poems, personal comments and more. From Egypt to LA, India to France…from every corner of the known world and sometimes beyond!

To read these extracts from the authors’ published writing, original statements on the theme My Writing Worlds, and full biographies, just click on the links below.

Then don’t forget to visit Workshops and Live Events to find out how you can meet the writers in person.

Please select a writer for more details:

	Ahmed, Leila Currently a Professor at Harvard.  Her books reflect the themes of gender and culture: “Women and Gender in Islam”, “Arab Culture and Writing Women’s Bodies” and her latest acclaimed book “A Border Passage”.
	Appignanesi, Lisa born in Poland and grew up in Paris and Montreal before moving to Britain. A best selling author of eight novels, including The Memory Man and Sanctuary, she is also a well known broadcaster and cultural commentator.
	Barghouti, Mourid Born on the West Bank in 1944 and was awarded the Palestine Award for Poetry in 2000.  His latest book I Saw Ramallah, was received with critical acclaim in the UK.
	Beer, Gillian UK writer and critic.
	Butlin, Ron Scottish poet and fiction writer.
	Chauduri, Amit Born in Calcutta in 1962. With four prize-winning novels including A Strange and Sublime Address which won The Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. His latest novel, A New World, is described by Margaret Drabble as “funny, delicate, sensuous, evocative, the best portrait of India today”.
	Clarke, Austin Born in Barbados in 1934 and emigrated to Canada. His book The Polished Hoe won the 2003 Commonwealth Prize for best book. A civil rights leader in the 60’s, he has since been active in setting up a number of programmes to support black studies.
	Constantine, David UK poet and translator.
	Croggan, Alison Australian poet and fiction writer.
	Dangor, Achmat A writer and political activist.  The author of numerous works of fiction, stories, poetry and plays, including “Bitter Fruit”, which was listed for the Man Booker Prize 2004, he is a central figure in the African writing community.
	de Loo, Tessa Dutch novelist.
	Duncker, Patricia UK fiction writer and critic.
	Evaristo, Bernadine Nigerian/UK poet and fiction writer.
	Farhi, Moris Turkish/UK novelist and poet.
	Goldsworthy, Vesna UK/Serbian poet, memoirist and broadcaster.
	Guo, Xiaolou Chinese novelist and filmmaker.
	Habila, Helon Nigerian novelist and poet.
	Hardi, Chomon Kurdish/UK poet.
	Hoffman, Eva Grew up in Cracow, Poland before emigrating to America. Her books Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language, Exit Into History, A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe, and most recently, After Such Knowledge: a meditation on the aftermath of the Holocaust, combine personal reflections with the best of travel writing.
	Hussein, Aamer Pakistani/UK fiction writer and translator.
	Ifowodo, Ogaga Nigerian poet and lawyer.
	Kassabova, Kapka New Zealand/Bulgarian fiction writer and poet.
	Krull, Hasso Estonian poet.
	Lapcharoensap, Rattawut Thai/US fiction writer.
	Lessing, Doris UK fiction writer.
	Manotti, Dominique French fiction writer and academic.
	Michael, Ib Danish fiction writer.
	Padilla, Ignacio Mexican fiction writer.
	Saabye Christensen, Lars Norwegian author who have published fiction and peotry since 1976. Won the Nordic Literature Price in 2001 for The Halfbrother- which Saaby Christensen called his masterpiece.
	Solway, David One of Canada’s leading literary voices. His latest book, The Pallikari of Nesmine Rifat, was published in 2004.
	Sumari, Anni Finnish poet.
	Swift, Graham The author of six novels. His acclaimed novel Waterland, set in the Norfolk Fens, marked his breakthrough and Last Orders won the Booker Prize.
	Szirtes, George Born in Budapest in 1948 and came to England following the Hungarian Uprising.  He lives in Norfolk and his latest poetry collection, Reel, was awarded the 2004 T.S. Eliot Prize.
	Ugresic, Dubravka Born in former Yugoslavia. She is described as a latter day cultural archaeologist, concerned with rescuing truth and authentic memory. Her work is, as Susan Sontag remarked, “a brilliant spread of story-telling…..Ugresic speaks for many people”.
	Valenzuela, Luisa Argentinian fiction writer.
	Valjataga, Mart Estonian poet, translator and editor.
	Vasset, Philippe French fiction writer and journalist.
	Woronov, Mary US fiction writer, actress and artist.
	Yehoshua, A.B Israeli fiction writer.