About Calgary Distinguished Writers Program
The CDWP, located in the University of Calgary's Faculty of Arts, strives to advance the careers of Canadian writers and invigorate the Calgary writing community through two annual residencies: Writer-in-Residence & Distinguished Visiting Writer.
Calgary Distinguished Writers Program Description
The Calgary Distinguished Writers Program strives to advance the careers of Canadian writers, invigorate the Calgary writing community, and enhance the activities of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Arts and Department of English. The Program achieves its objectives through two annual residency programs: one for an emerging Canadian writer, and one for a distinguished writer of international stature.
Since its inception in 1993, the Program has brought to Calgary two Nobel Laureates, Derek Walcott and Wole Soyinka, and such literary luminaries as Oliver Sacks, Timothy Findley, Thomas King, Ursula K. Le Guin, Alberto Manguel, Margaret MacMillan, Michael Ondaatje, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and illustrator Art Spiegelman, among others.