Lit_cast Slovakia #9 with Nataša Ďurovičová

In Lit_Cast Slovakia #9, Nataša Ďurovičová talks to Julia Sherwood about exile as the point of no return, reveals how creative writing came to be one of Iowa’s main exports alongside corn and pork, explains the different social need fulfilled by creative writing in the US and the rest of the world, and unpacks the writing and translation workshops at Iowa University.

Background notes

Nataša Ďurovičová:  http://www.cervenabarvapress.com/NatasaDurovicovainterview.htm

Iowa Writing Workshop https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/

The International Writing Program Iowa University  https://iwp.uiowa.edu/

International Translation Workshop: https://iwp.uiowa.edu/iwp-courses/on-campus-courses/intl-translation-workshop

The Whitman Web https://iwp.uiowa.edu/whitmanweb/en

Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation  https://exchanges.uiowa.edu/

91st Meridian:  https://iwp.uiowa.edu/91st/index.html

Peter Macsovszky: https://www.litcentrum.sk/en/author/peter-macsovszky

Gustav Murín: https://www.litcentrum.sk/en/author/gustav-murin

Mila Haugová:  http://www.slovakliterature.com/author-bios/haugova.html

Michal Hvorecký http://www.slovakliterature.com/author-bios/hvorecky.html

Jana Beňová:  http://www.slovakliterature.com/author-bios/benova.html

Martin Kukučín:  https://www.litcentrum.sk/en/interview/literary-theorist-ondrej-sliacky-martin-kukucin

Zuzka Zguriška: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuzka_Zguri%C5%A1ka