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Announcing the 2016 ALTA Travel Fellowship Recipients!

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

ALTA TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED! – $1,000 to emerging translators working from – Fellows reading at ALTA39: Translation & Crossings (October 6-9, 2016 in Oakland, CA) ALTA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 ALTA Travel Fellowships, including the … Continue reading →

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2016 ALTA Travel Fellow: Nicholas Glastonbury

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

Nicholas Glastonbury, 2016 ALTA Travel Fellow (Turkish) Nicholas Glastonbury is a translator and writer based in Brooklyn. He is a PhD student in cultural anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He received his BA … Continue reading →

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2016 ALTA Travel Fellow: Monika Cassel

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

Monika Cassel, 2016 ALTA Travel Fellow (German) Monika Cassel was raised bilingual in English and German in upstate New York and Germany. She formed a deep interest to German culture, history and literature early on; she also became fascinated with … Continue reading →

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2016 ALTA Travel Fellow: Bruna Dantas Lobato, Winner of the 2016 Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellowship

Posted on September 20, 2016 by rcldaum

Bruna Dantas Lobato, 2016 Peter K. Jansen Memorial Travel Fellow (Brazilian Portuguese) Originally from Natal, Brazil, Bruna Dantas Lobato began to teach herself her first sentences in English at the age of seventeen. Learning English changed her life: it made … Continue reading →

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Meet the 2015 ALTA Fellows!

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Erica Mena

The American Literary Translators Association is pleased to announce the five 2015 ALTA Travel Fellows. Each year, ALTA provides four to six $1000 fellowships to emerging translators to attend the annual ALTA conference. This year ALTA received over 140 applications for … Continue reading →

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