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The Whiting Award-winning digital literary magazine Words Without Borders is the premier publication for international literature in English. Featuring Olga Tokarczuk, Fernanda Melchor, Jokha Alharthi, Jhumpa Lahiri, Elena Ferrante, W. G. Sebald, László Krasznahorkai, John Keene, Jennifer Croft, and more.
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Laurence Laluyaux to Receive 2026 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature - Words Without Borders
Laurence Laluyaux to Receive 2026 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature - Words Without Borders
WWB's annual award for the promotion of international literature will be awarded to Laurence Laluyaux in 2026.
WWB Contributor László Krasznahorkai Wins the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
WWB Contributor László Krasznahorkai Wins the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
László Krasznahorkai is the recipient of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction.
Read the ten Nobel laureates in literature in the Words Without Borders archive
Read the ten Nobel laureates in literature in the Words Without Borders archive
A collection of writing by winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature from the Words Without Borders archive, including László Krasznahorkai and Han Kang.
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Read “Detour” with its paired multimedia teaching resources
Read “Detour” with its paired multimedia teaching resources
Read a bilingual story from Haiti about an unexpected encounter, with teaching resources on
Dive into “Primal Needs” and its curriculum
Dive into “Primal Needs” and its curriculum
Read a raw, searing story about an unexpected encounter after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, with background resources on Haiti and disaster relief after the quake.
Teach It! "The Fish" by Ahmad Shamlou (tr. Zara Houshmand
Teach It! "The Fish" by Ahmad Shamlou (tr. Zara Houshmand
Words Without Borders Campus connects students and educators to eye-opening contemporary literature from around the globe.
Use "La Belle Amour Humaine" in the classroom
Use "La Belle Amour Humaine" in the classroom
Teach this bilingual monologue from Haiti about heritage and finding roots, paired with learning resources such as visual art, political writing, and maps.
Lesson plans for the Iranian story "Galileo," translated from Persian
Lesson plans for the Iranian story "Galileo," translated from Persian
Meet Zia, an Afghan exotic-pet salesman working in Tehran. Missing his family, and unable to find a buyer for a python, Zia gets wrapped up in an online group of rich Iranians . . .
What is a Border? An Author Makes Sense of the Birth of Two Nations
What is a Border? An Author Makes Sense of the Birth of Two Nations
Teach Saadat Hasan Manto's classic Urdu story about borders and the partition of India with the help of documentaries, maps, and oral history archives.
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