It began in 1936 , with the gathering together of poets and fiction writers under the direction of Wilbur Schramm . Graduates earn a Master Of Fine Arts in English at the completion of the program; Iowa was the first program in the country to offer this degree.
Over the years, permanent and visiting faculty have included fiction writers Madison Smartt Bell , Vance Bourjaily , T. Coraghessan Boyle , Kevin Brockmeier , Ethan Canin , Edward Carey , John Casey , John Cheever , Robert Coover , Frank Conroy , Charles D'Ambrosio , Nicholas Delbanco , Stuart Dybek , Deborah Eisenberg , Tony Eprile , Barry Hannah , Ron Hansen , Adam Haslett , Thom Jones , Margot Livesey , Paule Marshall , James Alan McPherson , Bharati Mukherjee , Chris Offutt , ZZ Packer , Francine Prose , Marilynne Robinson , Philip Roth , James Salter , Bob Shacochis , Scott Spencer , Elizabeth Tallent , Barry Unsworth , Jennifer Vanderbes , Kurt Vonnegut , Joy Williams , and Meg Wolitzer ;
and poets Simon Armitage , John Ash , Marvin Bell , John Berryman , Gillian Conoley , Mark Doty , Paul Engle , James Galvin , Forrest Gander , Louise Gluck , Jorie Graham , Robert Hass , Lyn Hejinian , Brenda Hillman , Anselm Hollo , Donald Justice , Claudia Keelan , Galway Kinnell , Carolyn Kizer , August Kleinzahler , Amn Lauterbach , Mark Levine , Robert Lowell , Thomas Lux , Heather McHugh , Sandra McPherson , Bob Perelman , Claudia Rankine , Donald Revell , Mary Ruefle , Tom Sleigh , Gerald Stern , Mark Strand , Cole Swensen , James Tate , Susan Wheeler , Emily Wilson , C.D. Wright , and Dean Young .
Notable alumni of the program include:
There is also a program for teenagers from 15-18 called the Iowa Young Writers' Workshop, or IYWS. It is taught by graduates of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
The University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop has 25 affiliated Pulitzer Prize s earned by various faculty and graduates, and over 40 attributed to graduates and faculty of The University Of Iowa .
Writer's Workshop graduates have produced 13 Pulitzer Prizes since 1947.
- Robert Penn Warren , 1947 Pulitzer for '' All The King's Men '', former faculty member.
- Wallace Stegner , 1972 Pulitzer for '' Angle Of Repose '', MA, 1932; PhD, English, 1935.
- James Alan McPherson , 1977 Pulitzer for '' Elbow Room '', MFA, 1969; current faculty member.
- John Cheever , 1979 Pulitzer for '' The Stories Of John Cheever '', former faculty member.
- Jane Smiley , 1992 Pulitzer for '' A Thousand Acres '', MA, 1975; MFA, English, 1976; PhD, English, 1978.
- Philip Roth , 1998 Pulitzer for '' American Pastoral '', former faculty member.
- Michael Cunningham , 1999 Pulitzer for '' The Hours '', MFA, English, 1980.
- Marilynne Robinson , 2005 Pulitzer for '' Gilead '', current faculty member.
- Robert Lowell , 1947 Pulitzer for '' Lord Weary's Castle '', 1974 Pulitzer for '' The Dolphin '', former faculty member.
- Robert Penn Warren , 1958 Pulitzer for '' Poems 1954-56, Now And Then '', 1980 Pulitzer for '' Poems 1976-78 '', former faculty member.
- W.D. Snodgrass , 1960 Pulitzer for '' Heart's Needle '', BA, 1949; MA, 1951; MFA, 1953.
- John Berryman , 1965 Pulitzer for '' 77 Dream Songs '', former faculty member.
- Donald Justice , 1980 Pulitzer for '' Selected Poems '', former faculty member.
- Carolyn Kizer , 1985 Pulitzer for '' Yin '', former faculty member.
- Rita Dove , 1987 Pulitzer for '' Thomas And Beulah '', MFA, 1977.
- Mona Van Duyn , 1991 Pulitzer Prize for '' Near Changes '', MA, English, 1943.
- James Tate , 1992 Pulitzer for '' Selected Poems '', MFA, 1967.
- Louise Glück , 1993 Pulitzer for '' The Wild Iris '', former faculty member.
- Philip Levine , 1995 Pulitzer for '' The Simple Truth '', MFA, 1957; former faculty member.
- Jorie Graham , 1996 Pulitzer for '' The Dream Of The Unified Field '', MFA, English, 1978; former faculty member.
- Charles Wright , 1998 Pulitzer for '' Black Zodiac '', MFA, 1963.
- Mark Strand , 1999 Pulitzer for '' Blizzard Of One '', MA, 1962; former faculty member.
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