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I’m not exactly sure when this was announced, but the list of the recipients of the FY 2008 is now available online.

The NEA seems to do a consistently great job of supporting interesting projects from worthy translators, and this year is no exception. Among this year’s winners are:

• Aditya Behl’s translation from Hindavi (medieval Hindi) of the Mirigavati by Qutban;

• Susan Bernofsky’s translation from German of Robert Walser’s The Tanners;

• Philip Boehm’s translation from German of Cristoph Hein’s Gaining Ground;

• Pam Carmell’s translation from Spanish of Jose Lezama Lima’s Oppiano Licario;

• Bill Martin for his translation from Polish of a fascinating sounding book by Karol Irzykowski;

• Paul Olchvary’s translation from Hungarian of Ferenc Barnas’s The Parasite; and

• Katherine Silver’s translation from Spanish of Horacio Castellanos Moya’s Senselessness.

Fourteen translators received awards this year in the amount of $10,000 or $20,000. And the link above not only lists all the recipients, but has descriptions of their projects as well . . .

I’ve heard from very reliable sources that the NEA doesn’t receive very many applications for this grant. Which absolutely boggles my mind. Aside from a few special prizes, there is no other grant that American translators can apply for where they can receive more than $10,000 for their work.

Seriously, the next deadline is January 7, 2008, and the application info can be found .