The National Endowment of the Arts announced the winners of its inaugural International Literature Awards: Archipelago Books of Brooklyn; Dalkey Archive Press of Champaign, Ill.; and Etruscan Press of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The New York Times reports that each publisher received $10,000 from the endowment to support the translation and publication of a work from Greece or Spain, the focus of the first awards, as well as matching awards from each country.

NEA Chairman Dana Gioia said, "Translation provides Americans with as direct a connection as possible to both the individual voice of the author and the heart of a culture. The National Endowment for the Arts is delighted to work with Greece and Spain to connect our people through the power of literature."