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Paul Engle, left, gathered with prominent authors and editors for literary symposium, The University of Iowa, December 4, 1959

Iowa Writers' Workshop director Paul Engle with students, The University of Iowa, 1950s

Paul Engle was the long-time director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and founder of the International Writing Program (IWP), both at the University of Iowa.

Mauricio Lasansky with Paul Engle in front of a print by Lasansky, The University of Iowa, 1960s

Robert Coover, Mario Picchi, Mani Sankar Mukherji, William Murray and Wilfrido Nolledo, Writers' Workshop, The University of Iowa, November 8, 1967

Margaret Walker, alumna of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, The University of Iowa, 1966

Margaret Walker was an African-American poet and writer. In 1942 she received her master's degree in creative writing from The University of Iowa.

Iowa Writers' Workshop anthology is presented by Paul Engle to UI President Hancher, The University of Iowa, May 11, 1961

"Midland : twenty-five years of fiction and poetry selected from the writing workshops of the State University of Iowa" was edited by Paul Engle, assisted by Henri Coulette and Donald Justice and published in 1961.

Iowa Writers' Workshop student Hualing "Leslie" Nieh, The University of Iowa, 1960s

Hualing Nieh is a Chinese novelist, fiction writer and poet, and co-founder of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program in 1967. She married Paul Engle in 1971.

Iowa Writers' Workshop staff David Pryce Jones, R.V. Cassill, Robert Williams, Richard Yates, Paul Engle, Mark Strand, Eugene K. Garber, George Starbuck and Frederic Will, The University of Iowa, mid-1960s

Paul Engle and others at reception for Iowa Writers' Workshop anthology "Midland," Iowa Memorial Union, The University of Iowa, 1961

"Midland : twenty-five years of fiction and poetry selected from the writing workshops of the State University of Iowa" was edited by Paul Engle, assisted by Henri Coulette and Donald Justice and published in 1961.

Paul Engle and others at reception for Iowa Writers' Workshop anthology "Midland," Iowa Memorial Union, The University of Iowa, 1961

"Midland : twenty-five years of fiction and poetry selected from the writing workshops of the State University of Iowa" was edited by Paul Engle, assisted by Henri Coulette and Donald Justice and published in 1961.

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