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 Sort ascending | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raquel Salas Rivera | 2021 | Translation | Spanish |
| Bernard Waldrop | 1991 | Translation | French |
| Bernard Waldrop | 2003 | Translation | French |
| Lisa Rose Bradford | 2012 | Translation | Spanish |
| Christi Ann Merrill | 2002 | Translation | Hindi, Rajasthani |
| Aaron V. Poochigian | 2011 | Translation | Greek (Ancient) |
| Brian T. Henry | 2020 | Translation | Slovenian |
| Howard Norman | 1981 | Translation | Cree, Swampy Cree |
| Rebecca Fanany | 2006 | Translation | Indonesian |
| Lytton Smith | 2019 | Translation | Icelandic |
| Steven Stewart | 2005 | Translation | Spanish |
| Whitney DeVos | 2022 | Translation | Náhuatl, Spanish |
| Geoffrey Brock | 2012 | Translation | Italian |
| Lynne Sharon Schwartz | 2002 | Translation | Italian |
| Jessica E. Powell | 2011 | Translation | Spanish |
| William Maynard Hutchins | 2020 | Translation | Arabic |
| Margaret Sayers Peden | 1981 | Translation | Spanish |
| George Hochfield | 2006 | Translation | Italian |
| Marcela Sulak | 2019 | Translation | Hebrew |
| Virlana Tkacz | 2005 | Translation | Ukrainian |