2000 Grant Awards: Creative Writing Fellowships (Prose)

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

The 2000 Literature Fellowships recognize the following writers and help recipients to write, conduct research, and otherwise advance their art form.

Each grantee will receive $20,000.

Atlee, Samuel J.
Lancaster, PA

Benedict, Pinckney
Roanoke, VA

Bernstein, Jane
Pittsburgh, PA

Brazaitis, Mark Thomas
Washington, DC

Brenner, Wendy
Wilmington, NC

Choi, Susan
Brooklyn, NY

Choyt, Charlotte M.
Lee, NH

Coates, Lawrence
Cedar City, UT

Dilworth, Sharon
Pittsburgh, PA

Hagy, Alyson
Laramie, WY

Hawkes, Gary W.
Williamsport, PA

Kadish, Rachel
Cambridge, MA

Keane, Timothy G.
Mt. Vernon, NY

Keller, Nora O.
Waipahn, HI

Krysl, Marilyn
Boulder, CO

Mannheim, Linda
Miami, FL

Marcus, Ben
Providence, RI

Marion, Stephen Daniel
Dandridge, TN

Martin, Lee
Denton, TX

Mason, Nicola Faith
Baton Rouge, LA

Mayo Jr., Wendell
Haskins, OH

Mazza, Christina L.
Elmhurst, IL

Najarian, Peter
Berkeley, CA

Palmer, Karen
Boulder, CO

Rock, Peter
Philadelphia, PA

Sellers, Heather Laurie
Holland, MI

Shand, Rosa
Spartanburg, SC

Shearer, Cynthia Sabin
Oxford, MS

Slouka, Mark
New York, NY

Stegner, Lynn M.
Santa Cruz, CA

Sulit, Beth K.
Devon, PA

Tollifson, Joan
Oakland, CA

Udall, Brady
Lancaster, PA

White, Curtis Keith
Normal, IL

Wieland, Liza
Fresno, CA

The 2000 Literature Fellowships also support the following translation projects. Each grantee will receive $20,000.

Boeke, Wanda Johanna
Iowa City, IA
To support the translation from Dutch of Buitenstaaners (Outsiders), by Renate Dorrestein.

Jones, Margaret E. W.
Lexington, KY
To support the translation from Spanish of a book-length essay, Usos amorosos de la postguerra espanola (Courtship Customs in Postwar Spain), by Carmen Martin-Gaite.

Philcox, Richard N.
New York, NY
To support the translation from French of Desirada, a novel by Caribbean author Maryse Conde. Winner of the Caribbean's Prix Carbet award, the novel explores the migration and memory of the Caribbean people at the end of the 20th century.

Waisman, Sergio Gabriel
San Francisco, CA
To support the translation from Spanish of Ricardo Piglia's novel, La Ciudad Ausente (The Absent City).

Wood, Willard L.
Norfolk, CT
To support the translation from French to English of Jean-Claude Carriere's novelSimon Le Mage.

Yates, Donald A.
St. Helena, CA
To support the translation from Spanish of the complete works of Argentine writer Edgar Brau. Brau's work includes two novels and 13 short stories that have not yet been translated into English.

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