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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Kenyon | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Irina Kirk | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Gary Kissick | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| William Kittredge | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Etheridge Knight | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| John I. Knoepfle | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Yusef Komunyakaa | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Elaine Kraf | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Greg Kuzma | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Michael Lally | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Peter LaSalle | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Norman Lavers | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Naomi Lazard | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Don Lee | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Robert Levin | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Philip Levine | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Suzanne Jill Levine | 1981 | Translation | Spanish |
| Stephen Liu | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Lucia Lockert | 1981 | Creative Writing | |
| Audre G. Lorde | 1981 | Creative Writing |