1999 Grant Awards: Creative Writing Fellowships (Poetry)

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

The 1999 Creative Writing Fellowships recognize creative writers in poetry, and help recipients set aside time to write, conduct research, and otherwise advance their art form.

Each grantee will receive $20,000.

Arnold, Craig Anthony
Salt Lake City, UT

Boruch, Marianne J.
West Lafayette, IN

Bridgford, Kim S.
Wallingford, CT

Brock-Broido, Lucie
Cambridge, MA

Brouwer II, Joel R.
East Lansing, MI

Burleson, Derick W.
Houston, TX

Caston, Anne
Lexington Park, MD

Couto, Nancy L.
Ithaca, NY

Economou, George
Norman, OK

Falk, Maurya S.
Mt. Baldy, CA

Fisk, Mary E.
Nevada City, CA

Fox, Sarah Elizabeth
Minneapolis, MN

Garren, Christine E.
Greensboro, NC

Gernes, Sonia G.
South Bend, IN

Gibb, Robert A.
Homestead, PA

Hanson, Julie J.
Cedar Rapids, IA

Hazners, Dainis
Story, WY

Hicok, Robert
Ann Arbor, MI

Jacobs, Peter M.
Madison, WI

Johnson, Peter M.
Providence, RI

Levin, Dana
Ukiah, CA

Messer, Sarah
North Marshfield, MA

Mnookin, Wendy M.
Chestnut Hill, MA

Osherow, Jacqueline S.
Salt Lake City, UT

Ronan, John J.
Gloucester, MA

Rosser, Jill A.
Athens, OH

Seshadri, Vijay R.
Brooklyn, NY

Sewell, Lisa
Fort Worth, TX

Smith, David James
Fresno, CA

Stokesbury, Michael L.
Doraville, GA

Thorburn, Russell W.
Marquette, MI

Trethewey, Natasha
Auburn, AL

The 1999 Creative Writing Fellowships also support translation projects in poetry.

Each grantee will receive $20,000.

Bloch, Florence C.
Berkeley, CA
To support the translation from Hebrew of Yehuda Amichai's most recent volume of poetry, Open Closed Open, which was published in Israel in May 1998. In collaboration with Chana Kronfeld, Ms. Bloch will translate 300 poems and provide an introduction to the volume discussing Amichai's career, his reception in Israel and America, and the distinctive features of his poetic style.

DuVal, John T.
Fayetteville, AR
To support the translation from Old French of Adam le Bossu's 13th century verse drama, Le Jeu de la feuille (Greenwood Follies). This will be the first verse translation of the play, considered to be the first comedy in French.

Janzer, Lois Baker
Portland, OR
To support the translation of fifty poems from Chinese by Fan Chengda (1126-1193), Southern Song Dynasty, written before 1170, when the poet advanced in his diplomatic career. The poems will be collected from a group of 200, only 45 of which have been translated previously into English.

Johnston, Bill
St. Paul, MN
To support the translation from Polish of Juliusz Sowacki's verse drama, Balladina, written in 1834. Considered one of the central works of Polish literature and theater, the play has not yet been translated into English.

Joris, Pierre
Albany, NY
To support the translation from German of two volumes of poetry by Paul Celan, Lichtzwang and Eingedunkelt. These two books remain the last two collections of the late poetry of Celan to be translated in English as complete books.

Kossman, Nina
Long Island City, NY
To support the translation from Russian of The Complete Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, a volume of 1,082 poems written between 1908 and 1940. The first complete edition in English of Tsvetaeva's poetry, the book will include 770 lyrical poems and eight long poems which have not yet been translated into English.

Mattawa, Khaled
Chapel Hill, NC
To support the translation from Arabic of 100 poems by Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef. Spanning forty years, the poems will form the first book-length rendition of his work in English.

Venuti, Lawrence
New York, NY
To support the translation from Italian of My Secret Diary: Selected Poetry of Antonia Pozzi, a collection of 150 poems. This translation will provide American readers with access to the work of an important Italian feminist writer.

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