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Frank Conroy, the longtime head of the celebrated Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, will step down at the end of the year.
Conroy, who has run the program since 1987, underwent surgery for colon cancer last year.
“I’m doing fine, but I’ve been in this job for almost 20 years, and it’s time for new blood,” said Conroy, 68.
Founded in 1936, the workshop is the oldest and most prestigious academic writing program in the country. It has produced a dozen Pulitzer Prize winners and four of the last five U.S. poet laureates. Conroy will continue teaching for five years. He declined to name any favorite for his successor.
