The latest news about the current or upcoming Puterbaugh Festival.
On April 2–3, writer, performance poet, and Rumi translator Haleh Liza Gafori will headline the 2026 Puterbaugh Lit Fest at the University of Oklahoma. The lineup of the festival includes a Persian classical music workshop, book signings and a reception, …
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Author photo by Germán Nájera The 2025 Puterbaugh Lit Fest will return to the University of Oklahoma March 3–4 when Mexican novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Guadalupe Nettel visits the Norman campus. Called “one of the most original voices in Latin American …
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Norman, Okla. – The 2018 Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture (March 7–9) will mark the 50th anniversary of the world-famous Puterbaugh tradition at the University of Oklahoma when German author Jenny Erpenbeck visits the OU campus. Beginning with …
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Novelist, poet, essayist, and academic Alain Mabanckou (b. 1966) visited the University of Oklahoma campus from April 6-8 as the 2016 Puterbaugh Fellow. From opening night to the Puterbaugh lecture, OU students participated in a week filled with enriching discussions about literature, translation, and …
Alene Webb Puterbaugh loved Greek mythology, read widely, and was instrumental in funding the Puterbaugh series in perpetuity with a generous endowment from the Puterbaugh Foundation. Read more about her in this tribute featured in the current issue of World Literature …
Award-winning Argentinean-Spanish writer and translator Andrés Neuman visited the University of Oklahoma as the marquee writer for the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture, held March 26-28.
The 2014 Puterbaugh Festival came to a close last Friday evening—take a look back at all of this year’s events in the following photo galleries. The 2014 Puterbaugh Banquet The 2014 Keynote with Andrés Neuman A Roundtable Conversation: Reading Andrés …
The 2014 Puterbaugh Festival started with a warm and lively opening night full of poetry, language, and music. Prior to the opening night festivities, Andrés Neuman also spoke with the World Literature Today Book Club.
Award-winning Argentinean-Spanish writer and translator Andrés Neuman will visit the University of Oklahoma as the marquee writer for the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture, which will be held March 26-28. Members of the public are invited to …
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The 2013 festival was an inspiring success, and we’ve compiled moments throughout the week that capture the impact that Maaza Mengiste and Phil Borges had during the four days of events. Watch, enjoy, and then we hope you’ll tune in …
Maaza Mengiste gave her keynote talk this morning to hundreds of high school students in the Norman area. Speaking about the Ethiopian revolution and her book Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, Mengiste spoke with fervor and eloquence and the students flooded …
Last night’s panel discussion over human trafficking was gripping and informative and the screening of Girl Rising was no less incredible. Today, Phil Borges, Yousef Khanfar, Todd Stewart, and Andrew Strout addressed the theme “Why Photography Matters” in a panel moderated by …
Literature, film, and photography to promote social justice and change Read More »
The Media Slam Tuesday night was well attended and featured five students from the OU School of Art & Art History who presented their original works in conjunction with Stirring the Fire and the 2013 Puterbaugh Festival. The theme for the slam …
The 2013 Puterbaugh Festival will celebrate literature and photography, with a spotlight on global women’s issues. The second week of April, World Literature Today—the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture—will welcome Ethiopian writer Maaza Mengiste, the 2013 Puterbaugh …
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In April 2013 World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, will welcome Ethiopian writer Maaza Mengiste, the 2013 Puterbaugh Fellow, as the visiting writer for the Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature & Culture (April 9-12, …
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