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The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters was formed in 1976 from the merger of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, which was founded in 1898, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which was founded in 1904.
It has a maximum of 250 living United States citizens as members, plus up to 75 foreign composers, artists, and writers as honorary members.
The AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art.
The Academy was founded in 1904 by seven members of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in emulation of the French Academy.
Members of the Academy are chosen for life and have included some of the leading figures in the Americanart scene.
AmericanAcademy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
The National Institute of Arts and Letters, founded in 1898, served as the parent body for the AmericanAcademy of Arts and Letters, founded in 1904, until the two were amalgamated in 1976.
The members of the Academy confer the Howells Medal, given every five years for a work of American fiction, and the Award of Merit Medal, given in five categories of the arts to a person not affiliated with the Academy.
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