Literature Fellowships

Below is a list of all NEA Literature Fellowships awarded since 1965. You can search by year, name, or fellowship type (creative writing or translation). 

We also have sections where you can find out more information about some of the fellows. You can meet some of the fellows who received creative writing awards from 2001 to the present. You can meet some of the fellows who received translation awards from 2011 to the present.

Name Year Type Language
Aaron V. Poochigian 2011 Translation Greek (Ancient)
Karen Van Dyck 1996 Translation Greek
Peter Constantine (aka Theologhides) 2012 Translation Greek
John Chioles 1995 Translation Greek
Brian Sneeden 2021 Translation Greek
Karen Emmerich 2007 Translation Greek
Edmund Keeley 1988 Translation Greek
Eleni Fourtouni 1981 Translation Greek
Kimon Friar 1982 Translation Greek
Rae Dalven 1983 Translation Greek
Spring Ulmer 2020 Translation Greek
Olga Broumas 2010 Translation Greek
Peter Constantine (aka Theologhides) 2004 Translation Greek
Patricia Felisa Barbeito 2022 Translation Greek
Stephen Mitchell 1988 Translation German, Hebrew
John Felstiner 1984 Translation German, French
John Felstiner 2002 Translation German, French
Susan Bernofsky 1992 Translation German
Neil Blackadder 2022 Translation German
Pierre Joris 2012 Translation German