Penn State Creative Writing Professor Elizabeth Kadetsky received a Public Scholars fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to work for one year to complete her book about the stolen matrika sculptures and the culture of exploitation that contributed to their theft in southwest Rajasthan in 1962.

The NEH Public Scholars grants support popular nonfiction books in the humanities and will enable publication of 25 new titles this year, including Professor Kadetsky’s book. Find out more about the Public Scholars grant and the other supported projects here.

Professor Kadetsky also recently published the powerful new personal narrative essay “We Are Here Now” featured in the Colorado Review.

Congratulations, Professor Kadetsky!