Vermont Studio Center and the American Literary Translators Association have named Mira Rosenthal and Suneela Mubayi as recipients of the 2026 ALTA Fellowships at VSC. The award — a fully funded two-week residency at the Johnson-based VSC, is given annually to one BIPOC and one midcareer translator of literary works who holds membership in the ALTA.
Rosenthal is an American poet and translator of Polish-language writers such as Tomasz Różycki, Małgorzata Lebda and Krystyna Dąbrowska. Her work has been nominated twice for the Griffin Poetry Prize as well as for the Derek Walcott Prize, the National Translation Award and the Oxford Weidenfeld Translation Prize.
Mubayi is a mixed-race, genderqueer translator based in New York and Oslo, Norway. She holds a PhD in Arabic literature from New York University and has translated approximately 100 essays, poems and fiction pieces for publications such as Banipal, Words Without Borders, Modern Poetry in Translation, Jadaliyya and New England Review.
"Opportunities like this help translators advance their own work and the art of literary translation,” said Katrine Øgaard Jensen, executive director of ALTA. “We are thrilled to partner with VSC and provide well-deserved recognition and support to two valued ALTA members.”