• Hanan Elstein(Israel/U.S., Translation/Nonfiction), Alumni-in-Residence
• Keyi Sheng (China/U.S., Fiction)
• Theresa Hottel (U.S., Fiction)
• Mykola Riabchuk (Ukraine, Poetry/Fiction)
• Natalka Bilotserkivets (Ukraine, Poetry/Nonfiction)
• Kathleen Heil (U.S./Germany, Fiction/Poetry)
• Benedek Totth (Hungary, Translation/Fiction)
• Margaret Pearce (U.S. Nonfiction)
• Dawn King (U.K., Theater/Film)
• Adam Kraar (U.S., Theater)
• Karim Dimechkie (U.S./France, Fiction)
• Mallery Avidon (U.S., Theater)
• Rae Binstock (U.S., Theater)
• Alison Thompson (Australia, Poetry/Fiction)
• Adriana Altaras (Germany, Fiction/Theater)
• LaToya Watkins (U.S., Fiction)
• Núria Perpinyà (Catalonia, Poetry)
• Rebekka Hermán Mostert (The Netherlands, Translation)
• Haro Kraak (The Netherlands, Nonfiction/Fiction)
• Ursel Allenstein (Germany, Translation)
• Brando Skyhorse (U.S., Fiction)
• Alison Smith (U.S., Nonfiction)
• Beena Kamlani (U.S., Fiction)
• Josip Novakovich (Croatia, Fiction/Poetry/Nonfiction)
• Joshua Craze (Germany, Fiction)

2018

Spring Resident Bios
Fall Resident Bios

Spring
(column-list)

• Anna Aguilar-Amat (Catalonia, Poetry)
• Nicholas Hogg (UK, FIction/Nonfiction)
• Anne von Canal (Germany, Fiction)
• Mauricio Ruiz (Mexico/Belgium, Fiction/Screenwriting)
• Vanessa Londoño (Colombia, Fiction/Nonfiction)
• Justin Go (USA, Fiction)
• Philipp Winkler (Germany, Fiction)
• Lisa Ko (USA, Fiction)
• Bettina Münch (Germany, Translation)
• Josip Novakovich (Croatia, Fiction)
• Renée Branum (USA, Fiction/Nonfiction)
• Ladee Hubbard (USA, Fiction)
• Gisela Leal (Mexico, Fiction)
• Manuel Becerra (Mexico, Poetry)
• Tishani Doshi (Indian, Poetry/Fiction)
• Hanna Bervoets (The Netherlands, Fiction/Nonfiction/Film)
• Martí Domínguez (Spain, Fiction)
• Nina MacLaughlin (USA, Nonfiction)
• Ida Hegazi Høyer (Norway, Fiction)
• Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (Nigeria, Fiction)
• Liliana Colanzi (Bolivia, Fiction)
• Amy Sohn (USA, Fiction/Nonfiction)
• Edie Meidav (USA, Fiction/Nonfiction)

• Sebastià Portell (Catalonia, Theater/Fiction)
• Perumal Murugan (India, Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry)
• Anu Singh Choudhary (India, Fiction/Translation/Multi-Media)
  Naazneen Diwan (USA/India, Nonfiction/Poetry)
  Lali Tsipi Michaeli (Israel, Poetry)
  Michelle Tiu Tan (Philippines, Fiction)
  Caoilinn Hughes (Ireland, Fiction)
  Mani Rao (India, Poetry/Nonfiction)
  Gianni Skaragas (Greece, Fiction/Theater/Film)
  Scott Blackwood (USA, Fiction/Nonfiction)
  Julia Wolf (Germany, Fiction/Theater)
  Justin Haynes (Trinidad and Tobago, Fiction)
  Kim Roberts (USA, Poetry)
  Caleb Ozovehe Ajinomoh(Nigeria, Fiction)
  Miral Al-Tahawy (Egypt, Fiction)
  Daniela Janjic (Switzerland, Theater)
  Jenny Offill (U.S./Fiction)
  Sara Greenslit (USA, Nonfiction)
  Maija Mäkinen (USA, Translation/Nonfiction)

• Rohan Kamicheril (India/U.S., Nonfiction)
• Jim O'Grady (U.S., Nonfiction/Scripts)
• Deborah Baker (U.S., Nonfiction)
• Nora Gantenbrink (Germany, Fiction/Nonfiction)
• Uche Okonkwo (Nigeria, Fiction)
• Ly Tran (Vietnam, Nonfiction)
• Elsa Vasseur (France, Fiction/Scripts)
• Yewande Omotoso (Barbados/Nigeria/South Africa, Fiction)
• Tsering Lama (Tibet, Fiction)
• Maria Dadouch (Syria, Fiction)
• Claudia Durastanti (Italy, U.K., Translation, Fiction)
• Freek Mariën (Belgium, Theater)
• Philip Huff (The Netherlands, Fiction/Scripts)
• Scott Gutterman (U.S., Nonfiction/Poetry)
• Mai Nardone (Thailand/U.S., Fiction)
• Tung-Hui Hu (U.S., Poetry/Nonfiction)
• Arthur Langeveld (The Netherlands, Translation)
• Amitava Kumar (India/U.S., Fiction/Nonfiction)
• Emmanuel Iduma (Nigeria, U.S., Fiction)
• Annie-France Mistral (France, Translation)
• Namwali Serpell (Zambia, Fiction)
• Maureen Scott Harris (Canada, Nonfiction/Poetry)
• Lisa Rose Bradford (U.S., Translation/Poetry)
• Frank Heibert (Germany, Translation/Fiction/Nonfiction)
• Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi (U.S./Spain/Iran, Fiction)
• Yelena Akhtiorskaya (Ukraine/U.S., Fiction)
• Alix Sobler (U.S., Theater)

• Avinuo Kire (India, Fiction/Poetry)
• D.M. Aderibigbe (Nigeria, Poetry)
• Johann Christoph Maass (Germany, Translation)
• Shelly Oria (U.S./Israel, Fiction)
• Donal McLaughlin (N. Ireland/Scotland, Fiction/Translation)
• Marta Carnicero Hernanz (Catalonia, Fiction)
• Dragana Kršenković Brković (Montenegro, Fiction)
• Rasha Khayat (Germany, Fiction/Nonfiction/Translation)
• Klaus Siblewski (Germany, Nonfiction)
• Binalakshmi Nepram (Manipur/Nonfiction)
• Dmitrij Gawrisch (Switzerland/Ukraine, Fic./Nonfic./Drama)
• Fiona Sze-Lorrain (France, Poetry/Translation)
• Michael Harris Cohen (Bulgaria/U.S., Fiction)
• Stuart Cooke (Australia, Poetry/Nonfiction/Translation)
• Gianni Skaragas (Greece, Theater/Film/Fiction/Poetry)
• Ed Maranan (Philippines, Poetry/Fiction/Nonfiction/Drama)
• Mirene Arsanios (U.S., Fiction)
• Mònica Batet Boada (Catalonia, Fiction)
• Martín Felipe Castagnet (Argentina/Fiction)

• Christopher Kloeble (Germany)
• Rachel Cantor (USA)
• Joanne Wang (USA)
• Fikry El Azzouzi (Morocco/Belgium)
• Joshua Furst (USA)
• Susanne Hoebel (UK)
• Nicola Keegan (France)
• Brenda Lozano (Mexico)
• Mayela Gerhardt (Spain)
• Catherine Lacey (USA)
• Lidia Bravo Galvan (Spain)
• Bettina Abarbanell (Germany)
• Nayana Currimbhoy (USA/India)
• Violeta Tauragiene (Lithuania)
• Arshia Sattar (India)
• Susanne Kippenberger (Germany)
• Paul La Farge (USA)
• Nilofar Talebi (USA)
• Edward Gauvin (USA)
• Laura van den Berg (USA)
• Lucas Hirsch (Netherlands)
• Chika Unigwe (USA)
• Angie Cruz (USA/Dominican Republic)

• Allison M. Charette (USA)
• Tess Lewis (USA)
• Alois Hotschnig (Austria)
• Naivo Ramamonjisoa (Canada)
• Lizzie Davis (USA)
• Srinath Perur (India)
• Pilar Fraile Amador (Spain)
• Vivek Shanbhag (India)
• Sarah Ladipo Manyika (Nigeria/England/USA)
• Lieke Marsman (The Netherlands)
• Alan Cherchesov (Bulgaria/Russia)
• Suzanne Ushie (Nigeria)
• Lucy Fricke (Germany)
• Lara Vergnaud (USA)
• Pierre J Mejlak (Belgium)
• Simone Lappert (Switzerland)
• Shara McCallum (Jamaica/USA)
• Anjali Kumar (India/USA)
• Laksmi Pamuntjak (Indonesia)
• Tung-Hui Hu (USA)
• Annie-France Mistral (France)
• Tsering Lama (USA)
• Alan Harris (UK)
• Carla Namwali Serpell (USA)
• Posliinipiha (Finland)
• Ana de Aguilar-Amat Castillo (Spain)
• Diana Evans (UK)
• Laura Maylene Walter (USA)

• Shubnum Kahn (South Africa)
• Justine Dymond (USA)
• Denise Kumani (USA)
• Jacques Fux (Brazil)
• Hanan Elstein (USA)
• Allison Amend (USA)
• Jeremy Tiang (USA)
• Mike Fu (China/USA)
• Chris Hosea (USA)
• Emily Raboteau (USA)
• Megan McDowell (USA)
• Justin Go (USA)
• Becca Rose Hall (USA)
• Leonora Christina Skov (Denmark)
• Okwiri Oduor (Kenya)
• Marine Petrossian (Armenia)
• Salma Rajathi (India)
• Syeda Rad Rahman (Bangladesh/India/Jamaica)
• Mathias Nawrat (Germany)
• Sanja Lovrencic (Croatia)
• Aai Prins (Holland)
• Solvi Bjorn Sigurosson (Iceland)
• Kaj Korkea-aho (Finland)
• Kimen Uribe Urbieta (Spain)
• Tia Clark (USA)

• Jennifer Acker (USA)
• Tal Nitzan (Israel)
• Marina Espasa Sans (Spain)
• Merritt Tierce (USA)
• Mostafa Younesie (Iran)
• Angela Pradelli (Argentina)
• Vasyl Lozynskyi (Ukraine)
• Sayuri Okamoto (Japan)
• Annelies Verbeke (Belgium)
• Nadia Davids (UK)
• Thomas Lang (Germany)
• Muesser Yeniay (Turkey)
• Maja Soljan (Croatia)
• Panagiotis Gavriiloglou (Greece)
• David Van Reybrouck (Belgium)
• Elisa Wouk Almino (USA)
• Kai Weyand (Germany)
• Ndjerkey Noel Netonon (Switzerland)
• Irene Zabytko (Ukraine/USA)

• Alice Guthrie (UK)
• Rasha Abbas (Germany)
• Izidora Angel (USA)
• Hristo Karastoyanov (Bulgaria)
• Christina MacSweeney (UK)
• Daniel Saldana Paris (Canada))
• Amaia Gabantxo (USA
• Miren Agur Meabe Plaza (Spain)

• Mfoniso Udofia (USA)
• Sandro William Junqueria (Portugal)
• Gioia Guerzoni (Italy)
• Anna Ballbona (Spain)
• V Sanjay Kumar (India)
• Veronica Gerber Bicecci (Mexico)
• Daniel Saldana Paris (Mexico)
• Luisa Geisler (Brasil)
• Hilda Dalla Valle (Brazil)
• Christine Buckley (France)
• Natasa Dragnic (Germany)
• Joan Michelson (UK)
• Norbert Gstrein (Germany)
• Caroline Brothers (France)
• Rachel Cantor (USA)
• Claire Corbett (Australia)
• Daniele Bernardi (Switzerland)
• Neva Micheva (Bulgaria)
• Susanne Hoebel (England)
• Catherine Lacey (USA)
• Naomi Schenck (Germany)

• Peter Orner (USA)
• Josh Mak (USA)
• Ottessa Moshfegh (USA)
• Bianca Bagatourian (USA)
• Scott Carney (USA)
• Lisa Ko (USA)
• Kiran Desai (USA)
• Colie Hoffman (USA)
• Anna Moschovakis (USA)
• LuLing Osofsky (USA)
• Marjorie Celona (USA)
• Benjamin Matthias (Germany)
• Donal McLaughlin (Scotland)
• Els Beerten (Belgium)
• Venkateswar Ramaswamy (India)
• Mathilde Walter Clark (Denmark)
• Robert Karjel (Sweden)
• Christopher Kloeble (Germany)
• Mayela Gerhardt (Germany)
• Celine Curiol (France)
• Robert Haasnoot (Netherlands)
• Katja Kullmann (Germany)
• Amir Hassan Cheheltan (Iran)

• Susan Delson (USA)
• Oana Sanziana Marian (USA/Romania)
• Gunstein Bakke (Norway)
• Wiam El Tamami (Egypt)
• Rein Kuntari (Indonesia)
• Jaspreet Singh (Candada)
• Rui Coias (Portugal)
• Joshua Furst (USA)
• Nina Melero (UK/Spain)
• Marzena Sowa (France)
• Nadia Kalman (USA)
• Giorgio Fontana (Italy)
• Kim Freeman (USA)
• Ayobami Famurewa (Nigeria)
• Lisa Brennan (USA)
• Nadia Davids (UK)
• Caroline Meijer (Netherlands)
• Jose Rico (Portugal)
• Susan Steinberg (USA)
• Bogdan O. Popescu (Romania)
• Ned Beauman (UK)
• Brigitte Jakobeit (Germany)
• Amy Bonnaffons (USA)
• Ivana Ostojcic (Croatia)
• Shehan Karunatilaka (Singapore)
• Carin Clevidence (USA)

• Miriam Mandelkow (Germany)
• Jerdrt Malezic (Slovenia)
• Bart Moeyaert (Belgium)
• Antonia Baum (Germany)
• Lisa Elsasser (Switzerland)
• Tiago Manuel Ribeiro Patricio (Portugal)
• Tishani Doshi (India)
• Adam Zdrodowski (Poland)
• Zsofia Ban (Hungary)
• Eva Bonne (Germany)
• Katerina Chalmoukou (Greece)
• Saskya Jain (Germany)
• Chigozie J Obioma (Nigeria)
• Curtain (Australia)
• Francisco G Haghenbeck (Mexico)
• Andres Felipe Solano (Colombia)
• Ted Thompson (USA)
• Michel Bergmann (Germany)
• Caroline Hamilton (UK/Australia)
• Shuchi Saraswat (USA)
• Jardine Libaire (USA)
• Sebastia Alzamora Martin (Spain)

• Toni Press-Coffman (USA)
• Suzanne Jill Levine (USA)
• Reese Okyong Kwon (USA)
• Solon Tim Woodward (USA)
• Catalina Bartlett (USA)
• Paul Ochvary (USA)
• Sheba Karim (India)
• Glenn Kurtz (USA)
• Teju Cole (Nigeria/USA)
• Jenny Hollowell (USA)
• Rich Benjamin (USA)
• Joanna Smith Rakoff (USA)
• Theresa Coulter (USA)
• Lisa Brennan-Jobs (USA)
• Vibhuti Patel (USA)
• Rick Hilles (USA)
• Wang Gang (China)
• Craig Taylor (UK)
• David Samuel Levinson (USA)
• Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Sweden)
• Christine Richter-Nilsson (Germany)
• Andrea Scrima (Germany/USA)
• Anna Nemes (Hungary)
• Jacinta Halloran (Australia)
• David Dephy Gogibedashvili (Georgia)
• Oliverio Coelho (Argentina)
• Nicola Keegan (France/Ireland/USA)
• Lucas Hirsch (Netherlands)
• Sabrina Janesch (Germany)
• Lukas Hammerstein (Germany)
• Anna Mioni (Italy)
• Andras Maros (Hungary)
• Catherine Marshall (South Africa)
• Devibharathy (India)
• Ayman Sickseck (Israel)
• Chika Unigwe (Belgium)
• Erga Netz (Netherlands)
• Pascale Kramer (France)
• Ole Steen Hansen (Denmark)
• Francesc Serés (Catalonia)
• Mads Mygind (Denmark)

• Kristiana Kahakauwila (USA)
• Ye Mimi (Taiwan)
• Kenny Fries (Canada/USA)
• Shannon Leone Fowler (USA/UK)
• Ramon Erra (Catalonia)
• Aoibheann Sweeney (USA)
• Dawn MacKeen (USA)
• Neil Blackadder (USA)
• Gemma Gorga Lopez (Catalonia)
• Katica Garoska Acevska (Macedonia)
• Catharina Gripenberg (Finland)
• Adam Wiedewitsch (USA)
• Klaus Siblewski (Germany)
• Dorota Masłowska (Poland)
• Paulo Moreiras (Portugal)
• Joseph O. Legaspi (USA)
• Yoav Avni (Israel)
• Kojo Laing (Ghana)
• David Wagner (Germany)
• Matthew Barber (USA)
• Susana García Iglesias (Mexico)
• Mallery Avidon (USA)
• Maria Carolina Maia (Brazil)
• David Dephy Gogibedashvili (Georgia)
• Alexander Chee (USA)
• Gertz Feigenberg (Denmark)
• Nir Baram (Israel)
• Perihan Mağden (Turkey)
• Tom Burke (USA)

• Iskender Pala (Turkey)
• Jan Gielkens (Netherlands)
• Marie Myung-Ok Lee (USA)
• Trinh Lu (Vietnam)
• David Ventura Bernardo Machado (Portugal)
• Kristin Omarsdottir (Iceland)
• Susanne Kippenberger (Germany)
• Mohan Sikka (USA)
• Amy Waldman USA)
• Christian Haller (Switzerland)
• Abiye Teklemariam Magenta (Ethiopia)
• Dy Plambeck (Denmark)
• Alfred Corn (USA)
• Lee Tulloch (Australia)
• Lara Vapnyar (Russia)
• Chloe Aridjis (Mexico )
• Alex Halberstadt (USA)
• Kaspar Schnetzler (Switzerland)
• Rob Schouten (Netherlands)
• Xu Xiaobin (China)
• Joanne Wang (USA)
• Anya Ulinich (USA)
• Sarah Schulman (USA)
• Ju Youn Lee (Korea)
• Chad Anderson (USA)

• Luisa Costa Gomes (Portugal)
• James McLindon (USA)
• Jacek Dehnel (Poland)
• Edward Gauvin (USA)
• Agur Schiff (Israel)
• Glaydah Namukasa (Uganda)
• Nora-Eugenie Gomringer (Germany)
• Allison Amend (USA)
• Ari Berman (USA)
• CM Rien Kuntari (Indonesia)
• Martin Kimani (Kenya)
• Simon Pasternak (Denmark)
• Molly Birnbaum (USA)
• Sujatha Hampton (India)
• Keshni Kashyap (USA)
• Christian Dorph (Denmark)
• Linda Gaboriau (Canada)
• Tom Dreyer (South Africa)
• Caitlin Doyle (USA)
• Pravda Miteva (Bulgaria)
• Kaijamari Sivill (Finland)
• Kathrin Aehnlich (Germany)
• Henning Kober (Germany)

• Julien Holtrigter (Netherlands)
• Jina Ortiz (USA)
• Mikhail Shishkin (Russia)
• Ellen Levine (USA)
• Jeanine Herman (USA)
• Ada Arduini (Italy)
• Buket Uzuner (Turkey)
• Mercedes Cebrian (Spain)
• Lara Vapnyar (Russia)
• Sigrid Nunez (USA)
• Kristin Omarsdottir (Iceland)
• Sudeep Sen (India)
• Denise Leith (Australia)
• James Canon (USA)
• Samuel Shimon (Iraq)
• Saulius Repecka (Lithuania)
• Claudia Schreiber (USA)
• Marti Sales I Sariola (Catalonia)
• Leila Gazale (USA)
• Gabriele Riedle (Germany)
• Helena McEwen (UK)
• Thachom Poyil Rajeevan (India)
• Christine Bredenkamp (Sweden)
• Michael Obert (Germany)
• Steven Dolence (USA)

• Scott Nadelson (USA)
• Ki Wa (Estonia)
• Lisa Katz (Israel)
• Ayse Kulin (Turkey)
• Hoang Hung (Vietnam)
• David Knowles (USA)
• Luisa Costa Gomes (Portugal)
• Inez Baraney (Australia)
• Sharon Rotbard (Israel)
• Jennifer Vanderbes (USA)
• Ole Steen Hansen (Denmark)
• Ellen Sussman (USA)
• Simona Mambrini (Italy)
• Mikolaj Lozinski (Poland)
• Gazmend Kapllani (Greece)
• Rebecca Morrison (UK)
• Paul La Farge (USA)
• Tishani Doshi (India)
• Marie Le Drian (France)
• Owen Sheers (Wales)
• Alex Lee (South Korea)
• Niloufar Talebi (USA)

• Suzanne Kingsbury (USA)
• Catherine Dana (France)
• Annalisa Goldoni (Italy)
• Christian Schule (Germany)
• Gabriele Petricek (Austria)
• Julian Rubinstein (USA)
• Pierre Mumbere Mujomba (Congo)
• Ines Pedrosa (Portugal)
• Mishi Saran (Korea )
• Jan Brandt (Germany)
• Andrwe Lewis Conn (Germany)
• Chris Harvey (USA)
• Megan Savage (USA)
• Delia Jarrett-Macauley (UK)
• Lidia Bravo Galvan (Spain)
• T Cooper (USA)
• Ray Robinson (UK)
• N.S. Koenings (Netherlands)
• Tomoso Koenings (Japan)
• Ashia Sattar (India)
• Maud Casey (USA)
• Anne Marsella (France)
• Kevin Haworth (USA)

• Fiona Shaw (UK)
• Susanne Fischer (Germany)
• Blaise Hofmann (Switzerland)
• Rodrigo Lacerda (Brazil)
• Nuria Barrios (Spain)
• Patricia Tovar (Columbia)
• Judith Roze (France)
• John Mateer (Australia)
• Bernardo Ruiz (Mexico/USA)
• Anni Sumari (Finland)
• Uli Aumueller (Germany)
• Klaus Pohl (Germany/Austria)
• Ruben Palma (Chile/Denmark)
• Ajay Krishnan (India)
• Federica Acceto (Italy)
• Niclas Casariego Cordoba (Spain)
• Kara Lee Corthron (USA)
• Angelika Eisold Viebig (Germany)

• Joseph O'Neill (Ireland/USA)
• Zdravka Evtimova (Bulgaria)
• Katherine Min (Korea/USA)
• Sergio Badilla (Chile)
• Ron Tanner (USA)
• Catherine Dana (France)
• Rich Benjamin USA)
• Lauren Acampora (USA)
• Goce Smilevski (Macedonia)
• D.Y. Bechard (Canada)
• Zia Jaffrey (USA
• Benn Q Holm (Denmark)
• David Ho Levinson (USA)
• Kate McLeon (USA)
• Clare Allan (UK)
• Jacalyn Carley (Germany)
• Maria Antonietta Saracino (Italy)
• Laurent Contamin (France)
• Dale Peck (USA)
• Pedro Almeida Viera (Portugal)
• Joshua Furst (USA)
• Willem Melchoir (Netherlands)
• Jenny Hollowell (USA)
• Ibi Emma Kaslik (Canada)
• Obi Nwakanma (Nigeria)
• JoAo Anzanello Carrascoza (Brazil)
• Yu Young-nan (South Korea)

• Andras Maros (Budapest)
• Ersi Sotiropoulos (Greece)
• Agymah Kamau (Barbados)
• Maria Baiocchi (Italy)
• Amy Charlotte Benson (USA)
• Bernhard Robben (Germany)
• Emilia Pereya (Dominican Republic)
• Wyatt Mason (USA)
• Dorothy Johnston (Australia)
• Dorthe Binkert (Switzerland)
• Carmen Francesca Banciu (Germany)
• Marc Weitzmann (France)
• Billie Livingston (Canada)
• Gary Shyteyngart (USA)
• Mark Harman (Ireland/USA)
• Jacinto Lucas Pires (Portugal)
• Andrea Berger (USA)
• Lara Vapnyar (USA)
• Robin Kish (USA)
• Sara Manguso (USA)
• Timothy D. Sergay (USA)

• Xaver Bayer (Austria)
• Niloufar Talebi (USA)
• Senadin Musabegovic (Bosnia)
• Lisa Alvarado (USA)
• Ann Cardinal (USA)
• Hansjorg Schertenleib (Switzerland)
• Pedro Rosa Mendes (Portugal)
• Katharina Hocker (Germany)
• Carlos Eduardo de Magalhaes (Brazil)
• Beryl Fletcher (Australia)
• Ixiar Rozas (Spain)
• Marco D'Eramo (Italy)
• Isabella Zani (Italy)
• William Fiennes (UK)
• Niels Lyngso (Denmark)
• Leslie Li (USA)