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Poet and College of the Holy Cross associate professor Oliver de la Paz of Holden has been named by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of 35 writers who will receive an FY 2021 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000.
He was selected from 1,601 eligible applicants. It feels good and it s especially timely given the current situation, de la Paz said Thursday.
The National Endowment for the Arts Winter Award announcement also includes $95,000 to the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester for research in the arts, and $10,000 to Music Worcester Inc. in grants for arts projects.
This year’s National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowships are in poetry and are intended to enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.