FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 28, 2008
Contact: Brandi Pannell
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MUW faculty member has noteworthy accomplishments

COLUMBUS, Miss. - Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg, a professor in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy and director of creative writing at Mississippi University for Women, recently had his
translation of “Tail of the Magpie” by Stefan Hertmans included in
the publication of an upcoming anthology. In addition, he accepted the
invitation to serve as vice president of the Southern Literary Festival
for 2009.

Dunkelberg's translation will appear in Tales from the Lowlands, an
anthology of Dutch fiction published by the Dirk Hertog Foundation in
Amsterdam. The anthology is being published to commemorate the 20th
anniversary of Dutch participation in the Adelaide Writers Week in Adelaide, Australia.

The translation of the story originally appeared in The Literary Review and has been read at the U. S. Library of Congress by the author.

Dunkelberg has also accepted the invitation to serve as vice president of the Southern Literary Festival in 2009 and president in 2010. As vice president, he will coordinate the efforts of the department to manage the festival's student writing contest next year and host the festival in 2010.

The Southern Literary Festival was first held in 1937 at Blue Mountain College. MUW has a long history with the organization and was one of the
charter members when the association's constitution was signed in 1939.
Past presidents from MUW include Dr. Ralph Hitt and Dr. Thomas Richardson.