sentences:  In 1995 he was the "Munich Translator-in-Residence" at Villa Walberta, Germany.In 1996 and 2001 he held two "Carmargo Foundation Fellowships" in Cassis, France, and also in 1996 was the U.S. Representative at the Prague Writer's Festival.In 1998 and in 2000, Jim was awarded "Academie Schloß Solitude Fellowships" in Stuttgart, Germany and received an American Book Award for "On Native Ground".