San Diego State University

Our program is unique because of its geographic location and also because many of our faculty members are very interested in international literature and literary translation. Our faculty has published acclaimed anthologies of international literature and works in translation. Their own works have been translated into other languages as well. Many internationally acclaimed authors from around the world visit each year. Our students have many special opportunities to learn about international literature from writers from such countries as Macedonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Jamaica, Israel/Palestine, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and elsewhere.

Dozens of our students have received Fulbright Fellowships to places such as Brazil, Austria, Poland, Romania and numerous other countries. Our students have also received National Endowment for the Arts in Translation while still enrolled in SDSU MFA program. Students have published books of translation with respected literary presses and their works have won them such prestigious awards as the Lannan Residency Fellowship. Their translations appear in respected journals including the New Yorker, World Literature Review, Words Without Borders and elsewhere.