{"id":507562,"date":"2022-01-11T10:03:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T15:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=507562"},"modified":"2022-04-07T10:22:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T14:22:55","slug":"national-endowment-for-the-arts-grant-supports-open-letters-international-voices-project-507562","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/national-endowment-for-the-arts-grant-supports-open-letters-international-voices-project-507562\/","title":{"rendered":"National Endowment for the Arts grant supports Open Letter\u2019s \u2018International Voices\u2019 project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lauded for contributing to Rochester\u2019s creative economy, the nonprofit literary translation press will publish five works of literature with the funding.<\/h2>\n

Open Letter Books<\/a>, the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s<\/a> nonprofit literary translation press, has been approved for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts<\/a> (NEA) to help fund the press\u2019s International Voices project.<\/p>\n

The project, which is slated to receive $30,000, will result in the translation and publication of five works of literature from around the world. It is one of more than 1,200 projects across the United States that was selected to receive this first round of fiscal year 2022 funding<\/a> in the NEA\u2019s Grants for Arts Projects<\/a> category.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects like this one from Open Letter Books that help support the community\u2019s creative economy,\u201d says NEA Acting Chair Ann Eilers. \u201cOpen Letter in Rochester, New York, is among the arts organizations nationwide that are using the arts as a source of strength, a path to well-being, and providing access and opportunity for people to connect and find joy through the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe value of the NEA and these grants to publishers cannot be overstated,\u201d says Open Letter publisher Chad Post. \u201cWithout this support, so many voices from around the world would simply be unavailable to American readers. What the NEA allows Open Letter and similar organizations to do is to expand the literary horizons for readers, writers, and translators with these amazing books from all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Founded in 2008, Open Letter is one of only a handful of publishing houses in the US dedicated to increasing access to world literature in translation for English readers. The five books included in this year\u2019s International Voices project are:<\/p>\n