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 Sort descending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Roberts | 1983 | Translation | Chinese |
| Bill (Red Pine) Porter | 2005 | Translation | Chinese |
| Bill (Red Pine) Porter | 1986 | Translation | Chinese |
| David Hinton | 2012 | Translation | Chinese |
| Paul Hansen | 1991 | Translation | Chinese |
| Lois Baker Janzer | 1999 | Translation | Chinese |
| Christopher Rea | 2024 | Translation | Chinese |
| David Hinton | 1991 | Translation | Chinese |
| Jeremy Samuel (Tiang) | 2016 | Translation | Chinese |
| Steven Bradbury | 2017 | Translation | Chinese (Mandarin) |
| Michael Berry | 2009 | Translation | Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Atayal dialect |
| Howard Norman | 1981 | Translation | Cree, Swampy Cree |
| Howard Norman | 1985 | Translation | Cree, Swampy Cree |
| Ena Selimović | 2023 | Translation | Croatian |
| Ellen Elias-Bursac | 2010 | Translation | Croatian |
| Alex Zucker | 2012 | Translation | Czech |
| Josef Horacek | 2009 | Translation | Czech |
| Deborah Helen Garfinkle | 2022 | Translation | Czech |
| Alex Zucker | 2025 | Translation | Czech |
| Deborah Garfinkle | 2013 | Translation | Czech |