Read the Live Discussion archive (German)

Die Writing University Website hat am Freitag, 5.3. zwischen 11 -12.Uhr (CST) zu einem Echtzeit-Chat mit dem IWP Alumnus Tarek Eltayeb eingeladen. Der Gespraech wurde durchgehend im Englisch und Detsch gehalten; die nachfolgende Abschrift wird ins Englisch und Arabisch uebersetzt.
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The Writing University website hosted an online chat with International Writing Program alum Tarek Eltayeb today. The discussion took place entirely in German on Friday, March 5 at 11:00 AM (Central Time). Transcripts in English and Arabic will follow the chat session, available in our Live Discussion archives:
Live Discussion archive

Tarek Eltayeb (novelist, fiction writer, poet, playwright; Austria) was born in Cairo to Sudanese parents and educated in Austria. He has published five collections of poems, most recently Bacd Az-Zann [‘Certain Suspicions’] (2007), two novels Bayt An-Nakhil [‘The Palm House’] (2006), and Mudun Bila Nakhil [‘Cities Without Palms’] (1992), two short story collections, and a play El-Asanser [‘The Elevator’], (1992). His writings have been translated into several languages, including English. His awards include the Elias Cannetti Fellowship from the City of Vienna and three Major Project Fellowships for Literature.

Mr. Eltayeb attended the International Writing Program residency in fall 2008 courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. In 2009, he returned to Iowa to teach creative writing at the IWP summer high school enrichment program for Middle East/Muslim world students, Between the Lines. He will teach again at Between the Lines in summer 2010.