NEA Literature Fellowships provide financial support to writers for books, but the work they produce often is transformed again when translated to the big screen. Below are a sampling of movies made from books that were made possible by NEA Literature Fellowships.
NEA Literature Fellow |
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Book |
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Film |
Sherman Alexie (92) |
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (93)
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Smoke Signals (98) |
Russell Banks (78, 83) |
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Affliction (89)
The Sweet Hereafter (91)
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Affliction (97)
The Sweet Hereafter (97) |
Richard Bausch (83) |
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The Last Good Time (84) |
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The Last Good Time (94) |
Robert Boswell (87, 93) |
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Crooked Hearts (87) |
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Crooked Hearts (91) |
Raymond Carver (70, 80) |
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Numerous short stories |
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Short Cuts (93) |
Michael Cunningham (88) |
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A Home at the End of the World (90)
The Hours (98)
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A Home at the End of the World (04)
The Hours (98) |
Stephen Dobyns (74, 81, 86) |
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Two Deaths of Senora Puccini (88) |
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Two Deaths (95) |
Andre Dubus (78, 85) |
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Finding A Girl in America (80) |
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In the Bedroom (01) |
Jennifer Egan (91) |
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Invisible Circus (95) |
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Invisible Circus (01) |
Ernest J. Gaines (68) |
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman (71)
A Lesson Before Dying (93)
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman (74) made-for-TV
A Lesson Before Dying (99)
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Barry Gifford (81) |
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Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula (90) |
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Wild at Heart (90) |
Allan Gurganus (76, 85) |
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (89) |
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (94) made-for-TV |
Oscar Hijuelos (85) |
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The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (89) |
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Mambo Kings (92) |
John Irving (74) |
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The World According to Garp (78)
The Cider House Rules (85)
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The World According to Garp (82)
The Cider House Rules (99) |
Tama Janowitz (81, 86) |
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Slaves of New York (86) |
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Slaves of New York (89) |
William Kennedy (81) |
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Ironweed (83) |
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Ironweed (87) |
Bobbie Ann Mason (83) |
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In Country (85) |
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In Country (89) |
Terry McMillan (88) |
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Waiting to Exhale (92) |
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Waiting to Exhale (95) |
Richard Price (82) |
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Clockers (92) |
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Clockers (95) |
Annie Proulx (91) |
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The Shipping News (93)
Close Range: Wyoming Stories (99) |
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The Shipping News (01)
Brokeback Mountain (05)
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Mona Simpson (86) |
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Anywhere But Here (87) |
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Anywhere But Here (99) |
Isaac Bashevis Singer (67) |
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Enemies: A Love Story (72) |
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Enemies: A Love Story (89) |
Jane Smiley (78, 87) |
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The Age of Grief (87)
A Thousand Acres (91)
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The Secret Life of Dentists (02)
A Thousand Acres (97)
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Robert Stone (68, 83) |
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Dog Soldiers (74) |
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Who'll Stop the Rain? (78) |
Alice Walker (70, 73, 78) |
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The Color Purple (82) |
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The Color Purple (85) |
Tobias Wolff (78, 85) |
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This Boy's Life (89) |
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This Boy's Life (93) |
