THE FELLOWS
Fellowships are by invitation only, and there is no formal application. If you are interested in finding out more information about Fellowships or about the foundation in general please address any queries to info@santamaddalena.org.
Santa Maddalena is open for residencies from March 1st to June 30th in its Spring/Summer Term. It reopens from October 1st to November 15th for its Autumn Term. Fellowships are issued for six weeks periods.
For more than a decade, writers, botanists, artists and translators have spent time at Santa Maddalena. You can browse the fellows by using the List view and sorting the list by Name, Country, or Year.
2024 – 2022
Felipe Franco Munhoz
Panagiotis Kehagias
Miguel Barrero
Rui Couceiro
Borja Ortiz de Gondra
Katy Simpson Smith
Brian Robert Moore
Gabriela Ybarra
Karin Altenberg
Pol Guasch
| Name | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Anita Desai | India | 2000 2005 |
| Kiran Desai | India | 2000 |
| Michael Carroll | USA | 2000 |
| Aleksandra Crapanzano | USA | 2000 |
| Victor Erofeev | Russia | 2000 |
| David Hughes | UK | 2000 |
| John Burnham Schwartz | USA | 2000 |
| Colm Tóibín | Ireland | 2000 2005 |
| Edmund White | USA | 2000 2008 2016 |
| Andre Alexis | Trinidad/Canada | 2001 |
| Catherine Bush | Canada | 2001 |
| Gunnar Kopperud | Norway | 2001 |
| Jeff Marcus | USA | 2001 |
| Andras Nagy | Hungary | 2001 |
| Kerstin Pistorius | Germany | 2001 |
| Jose Manuel Prieto | Cuba | 2001 |
| Zadie Smith | UK | 2001 2004 |
| Colin Thubron | UK | 2001 |
| Vendela Vida | USA | 2001 |
| Diran Adebayo | UK | 2002 |
| Dennis Bock | Canada | 2002 |
| Gabriella De Ferrari | USA/Italy | 2002 |
| Paul Durcan | Ireland | 2002 |
| Amitav Ghosh | India | 2002 |
| Jens Christian Grøndahl | Denmark | 2002 |
| Verlyn Klinkenborg | USA | 2002 |
| Matthew Kneale | UK | 2002 |
| Lawrence Krauser | USA | 2002 |
| Helena McEwen | Scotland | 2002 |
| Anna Pavord | UK | 2002 |
| Tomaž Šalamun | Slovenia | 2002 2012 |
| Brina Svit | Slovenia | 2002 |
| Terry Tempest Williams | USA | 2002 2012 |
| Carole Angier | UK | 2003 |
| John Banville | Ireland | 2003 2005 |
| Orlando Figes | UK | 2003 |
| William Fiennes | UK | 2003 2014 |
| Suki Kim | South Korea | 2003 |
| Dorit Rabinyan | Israel | 2003 |
| Natasha Radojcic-Kane | Serbia | 2003 |
| Atiq Rahimi | Afghanistan/France | 2003 2005 |
| Robin Robertson | UK | 2003 2007 2008 2015 2017 |
| Kamila Shamsie | Pakistan | 2003 2005 2011 2015 2016 |
| Gary Shteyngart | Russia/USA | 2003 |
| Rupert Thompson | UK | 2003 |
| David Young | Canada | 2003 2007 |
| Tim Pears | UK | 2003 |
| Hans Maarten Van den Brink | Netherlands | 2004 |
| Marcus Braun | Germany | 2004 |
| Péter Esterházy | Hungary | 2004 |
| Ben Faccini | UK | 2004 |
| Carlos Franz | Chile | 2004 |
| Denis Grozdanovitch | France | 2004 |
| Panos Karnezis | Greece | 2004 |
| Jon McGregor | UK | 2004 |
| Maile Meloy | USA | 2004 |
| Emma Richler | Canada | 2004 |
| Doug Wright | USA | 2004 |
| Nadeem Aslam | UK | 2005 2008 |
| Richard Flanagan | Tasmania | 2005 |
| Andrew Sean Greer | USA | 2005 2010 2013 2014 2016 |
| Judith Hermann | Germay | 2005 |
| Daniel Mason | USA | 2005 |
| Pierre Péju | France | 2005 |
| Monique Truong | Vietnam | 2006 |
| Tash Aw | Malaysia/UK | 2006 |
| Anita Rau Badami | Canada | 2006 |
| Susan Elderkin | UK | 2006 |
| Marcos Giralt Torrente | Spain | 2006 |
| Tobias Hill | UK | 2006 |
| Uzma Aslam Khan | Pakistan | 2006 |
| Benjamin Kunkel | USA | 2006 |
| Marina Lewycka | Ukraine/UK | 2006 |
| Philip Ó Ceallaigh | Ireland | 2006 |
| Phillippe Besson | France | 2006 |
| Matthew Sweeney | Ireland | 2006 |
| Glyn Maxwell | UK | 2006 |
| Askold Melnyczuk | USA | 2007 |
| Bernardo Carvalho | Brazil | 2007 |
| Uzodima Iweala | Nigeria/USA | 2007 |
| Hugo Hamilton | Ireland | 2007 |
| Joanna Scott | USA | 2007 |
| Mary Gaitskill | USA | 2007 |
| Tanuja Chandra | India | 2007 |
| Tishani Doshi | India | 2007 |
| José Luís Peixoto | Portugal | 2008 |
| Dalia Sofer | Iran/USA | 2008 |
| Juan Gabriel Vásquez | Colombia | 2008 |
| Barbara Trapido | South Africa/UK | 2008 |
| Tim Dee | UK | 2008 |
| Philip Boehm | USA | 2008 |
| Edward Docx | UK | 2008 2014 |
| Sheila Heti | Canada | 2009 |
| Jordi Punti | Spain | 2009 |
| Tristan Hughes | UK | 2009 |
| Adam Foulds | UK | 2009 2015 |
| Stacey D’Erasmo | USA | 2009 |
| Nam Le | Vietnam | 2009 2010 |
| Richard Swartz | Sweden | 2009 |
| Stefan Merrill Block | USA | 2009 2011 2016 |
| Brenda Lozano | Mexico | 2009 |
| Anne McLean | Canada | 2010 2011 |
| Jaspreet Singh | Canada | 2010 |
| Diana Evans | UK | 2010 2012 |
| Wells Tower | USA | 2010 2011 |
| Maaza Mengiste | Ethiopia | 2010 |
| Rabih Alameddine | Jordan/Lebanon | 2010 |
| Nathaniel Rich | USA | 2010 |
| Chloe Aridjis | Mexico | 2010 |
| Héctor Abad | Colombia | 2011 2013 |
| Brian Chikwava | Zimbabwe | 2011 |
| Gil Adamson | Canada | 2011 |
| John Vaillant | USA | 2011 2016 |
| Evie Wyld | Australia/UK | 2011 |
| Miguel Syjuco | Philippines | 2011 2015 |
| Javier Montes | Spain | 2011 |
| Bonnie McDougall | Australia | 2011 |
| Alice Albinia | England | 2011 |
| Mirza Waheed | Kashmir | 2011 2012 |
| Frank Wynne | Ireland | 2011 |
| Michael Jacobs | Italy/Ireland | 2012 |
| Michael Thomas Taren | USA | 2012 |
| Dany Laferrière | Haiti/Canada | 2012 |
| Edgardo Cozarinsky | Argentina | 2012 |
| Teju Cole | USA/Nigeria | 2012 |
| Majo Ramìrez | Mexico | 2012 |
| Sylvain Tesson | France | 2012 |
| Patrick Flanery | USA | 2013 2015 |
| Goce Smilevski | Macedonia | 2013 |
| Jean Sprackland | UK | 2013 |
| Alan Pauls | Argentina | 2013 |
| Alba Arikha | France | 2013 |
| Peter Stamm | Switzerland | 2013 |
| Michael Cunningham | USA | 2004 2010 2014 2015 2016 |
| Jennifer Clement | USA/Mexico | 2014 |
| Ulf Peter Hallberg | Sweden | 2014 |
| José Aníbal Campos | Cuba | 2014 2015 2016 |
| Selma Dabbagh | UK/Palestine | 2014 |
| Michael David Lukas | USA | 2014 |
| Olga Tokarczuc | Poland | 2014 |
| Elif Batuman | USA/Turkey | 2015 |
| Deborah Levy | UK | 2015 |
| Enrique Juncosa | Spain | 2015 |
| Daša Drndić | Croatia | 2015 |
| Rajesh Parameswaran | India/USA | 2015 2017 |
| Maurizia Balmelli | Italy | 2015 |
| Lawrence Osborne | UK | 2015 |
| Marek Zagańczyk | Poland | 2015 |
| Nihad Sirees | Syria | 2015 |
| Andrea Bajani | Italy | 2015 |
| Verónica Gerber Bicecci | Mexico | 2016 |
| Ned Beauman | UK | 2016 |
| Joshua Cohen | USA | 2016 |
| Polly Stenham | UK | 2016 |
| Andrés Barba | Spain | 2016 |
| Claire-Louise Bennett | UK | 2016 |
| Isabella Hammad | UK | 2016 |
| Makenzy Orcel | Haiti | 2016 |
| Maureen N. McLane | USA | 2017 |
| Helen Simpson | UK | 2017 |
| Eçe Temelkuran | Turkey | 2017 |
| Abigail Ulman | Australia | 2017 |
| Hisham Matar | Libya | 2009 2017 |
| Zachary Mason | USA | 2017 |
| Sean Borodale | UK | 2018 |
| Nadifa Mohamed | UK | 2018 |
| Terry Tempest Williams | USA | 2018 |
| Lawrence Osborne | UK | 2018 |
| Katie Kitamura | USA | 2018 |
| Muharem Bazdulj | Serbia | 2018 |
| Fiona McFarlane | Australia | 2018 |
| Monica Ali | Bangladesh/UK | 2018 |
| Khaled Khalifa | Syria | 2018 |
| Fredrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 2019 |
| Kate Harris | Canada | 2019 |
| Sally Rooney | Ireland | 2019 |
| Dimiter Kenarov | Bulgaria | 2019 |
| Henry C. Krempels | UK | 2019 |
| Cristiana Mennella | Italy | 2019 |
| Héctor Abad | Colombia | 2019 |
| Juan Villoro | Mexico | 2019 |
| Rick Bass | USA | 2019 |
| Ben Okri | London | 2019 |
| Laird Hunt | USA | 2019 |
| Álvaro Enrigue | Mexico | 2019 |
| Edward Docx | UK | 2019 |
| Isabelle Mayault | France | 2019 |
| Edwin Frank | USA | 2019 |
| Claudia Durastanti | Italy | 2019 |
| Mercedes Cebrián | Spain | 2013 2019 2020 |
| Monica Pareschi | Italy | 2020 |
| Lana Bastašić | Bosnia | 2020 |
| Ernesto Kavi | Mexico | 2020 |
| Emma Jones | Australia | 2010 2014 2020 |
| Lamorna Ash | UK | 2020 |
| Nadia Terranova | Italy | 2020 |
| Firat Demir | 2021 | |
| Nicole Flattery | Ireland | 2021 |
| Maggie O’Farrell | UK | 2003 2021 |
| Andrew Miller | UK | 2003 2007 2012 2021 |
| Matteo Colombo | Italy | 2018 2020 2021 |
| Samantha Harvey | UK | 2021 |
| Kaya Genç | Turkey | 2017 2018 2021 |
| Francisco Goldman | USA/Guatemala | 2001 2010 2021 |
| Pol Guasch | Spain | 2021 2022 |
| Karin Altenberg | Sweden | 2012 2017 2020 2022 |
| Gabriela Ybarra | Spain | 2022 |
| Brian Robert Moore | USA | 2022 |
| Katy Simpson Smith | USA | 2022 |
| Borja Ortiz de Gondra | SPAIN | 2022 |
| Rui Couceiro | PORTUGAL | 2023 |
| Miguel Barrero | SPAIN | 2023 |
| Panagiotis Kehagias | GREECE | 2023 |
| Felipe Franco Munhoz | BRASIL | 2023 |
| Jan Wilm | GERMANY | 2024 |