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Symposium on the island of Paros (May 16-20, 2008)

  
     
 
  The University of Iowa has invited Amma Darko  to a symposium on the Greek island of Paros. This year's topic was "Home/ Land". The symposium was directed by Christopher Merrill , the Director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and Artemis A. Zenetou, the Executive Director of the Fulbright Foundation in Greece.

Apart from Mrs. Darko, the following authors were present:

  • Nirwan Dewanto, Indonesia
  • Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, USA
  • Debra Marquart, USA
  • Kei Miller, Jamaica
  • Kavery Nambisan, , India
  • Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Ireland
  • Nikos Papandreou, Greece
  • David St. John , USA
  • Leanna Sakelliou, Greece
  • Stephanos Stephanides , Cyprus
  • Natasha Trethewey, USA
  • Anastassis Vistonitis, Greece
  • Macdara Woods, Ireland
  • Xi Chuan, China

Mrs. Darko had taken part in the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program in 2002.

More information about the symposium: http://iwp.uiowa.edu/paros/2008paros/index.html

 

(Dr. Regina Bouillon)