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Encyclopedia > American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals

Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement. The two awards are taken in rotation from these categories:

  • Belles Lettres and Criticism, and Painting;
  • Biography and Music;
  • Fiction and Sculpture;
  • History and Architecture, including Landscape Architecture;
  • Poetry and Music;
  • Drama and Graphic Art.

The Gold Medal is given for the entire work of the recipient.


Awards in individual categories are listed below (in alphabetical order) followed by a list of all prizes in reverse chronological order:

Contents

Architecture

See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Gehry tower in Hannover Frank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Goldberg on February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his interesting use of metal sheathing for his buildings. ... See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. ... IDS Center in Minneapolis, one of Johnsons most instantly recognizable works. ... See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Kevin Roche (b. ... See also: 1983 in literature, other events of 1984, 1985 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Gordon Bunshaft (May 9, 1909–August 6, 1990) was a 20th century architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ieoh Ming Pei (貝聿銘 pinyin Bèi Yùmíng) is a Chinese American architect born in Suzhou, China on April 26, 1917. ... See also: 1972 in literature, other events of 1973, 1974 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901 - March 17, 1974) practised as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and taught architecture there and at Yale. ... See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Richard Buckminster Bucky Fuller (July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983) was an American visionary, designer, architect, inventor, and writer. ... See also: 1962 in literature, other events of 1963, 1964 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The reconstructed German Pavilion in Barcelona Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. ... ). Categories: Stub ... See also: 1952 in literature, other events of 1953, 1954 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959), Master of the Organic Architecture, was one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century. ... See also: 1948 in literature, other events of 1949, 1950 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Frederick Law Olmsted, oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1895, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City, the country... See also: 1939 in literature, other events of 1940, 1941 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Adams Delano (January 21, 1874 – January 12, 1960) was a prominent American architect most active in New York City and Long Island, known for his wealthy clients and his sense of humor. ... See also: 1929 in literature, other events of 1930, 1931 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1920 in literature, other events of 1921, 1922 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Woolworth Building (New York City), was the worlds tallest building at the time it was built, in 1909. ... See also: 1911 in literature, other events of 1912, 1913 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Rutherford Mead (1846-1928) was an American architect, a part of the famed McKim, Mead, and White firm. ...

Belles Lettres, Criticism, Essays

// Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ... Photo of Joan Didion by Robert Birnbaum Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American writer, renowned as a journalist, playwright, essayist, and novelist. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Harold Bloom, Literary Critic Dr. Harold Bloom (born July 11, 1930) is an American professor and prominent literary and cultural critic. ... See also: 1992 in literature, other events of 1993, 1994 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Elizabeth Hardwick (July 27, 1916) is an American literary critic, novelist, and short-story writer. ... See also: 1986 in literature, other events of 1987, 1988 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jacques Martin Barzun (born November 30, 1907 - 2005) continues to be a leading voice in the fields of literature, education, and cultural history. ... See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Malcolm Cowley, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1963 Malcolm Cowley (1898 – March 27, 1989) was an American novelist, poet, critic, and journalist. ... See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Kenneth Burke (May 5, 1897–November 19, 1993) was a major American literary theorist and philosopher. ... See also: 1964 in literature, other events of 1965, 1966 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 - December 14, 1974) was an influential United States writer, journalist, and political commentator. ... See also: 1959 in literature, other events of 1960, 1961 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899–October 1, 1985) was an American essayist, author, and noted prose stylist. ... See also: 1954 in literature, other events of 1955, 1956 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, noted chiefly for his literary criticism. ... See also: 1949 in literature, other events of 1950, 1951 in literature, list of years in literature. ... H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956) was a twentieth century journalist and social critic, a cynic and a freethinker, known as the Sage of Baltimore and the American Nietzsche. He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th... See also: 1945 in literature, other events of 1946, 1947 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Van Wyck Brooks (b. ... See also: 1934 in literature, other events of 1935, 1936 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Agnes Repplier (1858–1950), American essayist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1915 in literature, other events of 1916, 1917 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Burroughs (April 3, 1837-March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement. ...

Biography

// Events June 26, 2006: J.K. Rowling reaveals that two characters will die in the seventh book of the Harry Potter series. ... Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is a U.S. biographer, who has written voluminous studies of city planner Robert Moses and United States President Lyndon Johnson. ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Walter Jackson Bate (May 23, 1918 - July 26, 1999) was an American literary critic and biographer. ... See also: 1987 in literature, other events of 1988, 1989 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1975 in literature, other events of 1976, 1977 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Cover of volume one of Leon Edels five-volume biography of Henry James, Avon Books paperback edition 1978 Joseph Leon Edel (9 September 1907 – 5 September 1997) was a North American literary critic and biographer. ...

Drama

See also: 2003 in literature, other events of 2004, 2005 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Guare (pronounced gwâr, born 5 February 1938) is an American playwright. ... See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Horton Foote (born 1916), is an American author and playwright, most noted for his 1983 Oscar-winning screenplay Tender Mercies. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Actor Sam Shepard mulls over a scene in the motion picture Stealth, while filming on June 15, 2004, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. ... See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Sidney Kingsley (1906-1995) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American dramatist. ... See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edward Albee, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1961 Edward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright known for works including Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, and The Sandbox. ... See also: 1968 in literature, other events of 1969, 1970 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Tennessee Williams, courtesy of Masters of Photography [2] Thomas Williams III (March 26, 1911–February 25, 1983), better known by the pen name Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century. ... See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, romantically involved for thirty years with mystery and crime writer Dashiell Hammett. ... See also: 1958 in literature, other events of 1959, 1960 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and author. ... See also: 1953 in literature, other events of 1954, 1955 in literature, list of years in literature. ... (James) Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights Company (which included, at various times, Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard, Roger L. Stevens, John F... See also: 1940 in literature, other events of 1941, 1942 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robert Emmet Sherwood (4 April 1896–14 November 1955) American playwright, editor, and screenwriter. ... See also: 1930 in literature, other events of 1931, 1932 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes William Hooker Gillette ( July 24, 1853, Hartford, Connecticut; April 29, 1937, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager; recognized as one of the greatest actors in the history of the United States. ... See also: 1921 in literature, other events of 1922, 1923 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright. ... See also: 1912 in literature, other events of 1913, 1914 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

Fiction, Novel, Short Story

See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Philip Roth Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933, Newark, New Jersey) is an American novelist. ... See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... A number of people are called William Maxwell: William Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850), a Scots-Irish novelist. ... See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986) was an American writer. ... See also: 1977 in literature, other events of 1978, 1979 in literature, list of years in literature. ... People called Peter Taylor include: Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, author, winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Peter Taylor, editor of The Bridge on the River Kwai and winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Film Editing Peter Taylor, former goalkeeper for Nottingham Forest F.C. and assistant manager... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Bellow as depicted in his Nobel diploma. ... See also: 1971 in literature, other events of 1972, 1973 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: 1961 in literature, other events of 1962, 1963 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Mississippi. ... See also: 1956 in literature, other events of 1957, 1958 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Rodrigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 — September 28, 1970) was an important American novelist and artist. ... See also: 1951 in literature, other events of 1952, 1953 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: 1943 in literature, other events of 1944, 1945 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Willa Cather photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Wilella Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent American authors. ... See also: 1932 in literature, other events of 1933, 1934 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Time magazine, December 21, 1925 Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 _ May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. ... See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... See also: 1923 in literature, other events of 1924, 1925 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... See also: 1914 in literature, other events of 1915, 1916 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Prof. ... See also: 1914 in literature, other events of 1915, 1916 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author. ...

Graphic Art

See also: 1997 in literature, other events of 1998, 1999 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter and printmaker. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ... self portrait David Levine (born December 20, 1926), American caricaturist, noted for his caricatures in the The New York Review of Books. ... See also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Jasper Johns, Jr. ... See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1973 in literature, other events of 1974, 1975 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914 - May 12, 1999) was a cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for The New Yorker magazine. ... See also: 1968 in literature, other events of 1969, 1970 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor and artist. ... See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Sacco & Vanzetti mosaic by Ben Shahn, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 - March 14, 1969) was a Lithuanian-born American artist and teacher. ... See also: 1958 in literature, other events of 1959, 1960 in literature, list of years in literature. ... George Grosz (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group, known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s. ... See also: 1953 in literature, other events of 1954, 1955 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Reginald Marsh (artist) was an American painter most notable for his detailed depictions of life in New York City in the 1920s. ... See also: 1947 in literature, other events of 1948, 1949 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

History

See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John H. Franklin John Hope Franklin (born January 2, 1915) is a distinguished African American historian. ... See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Peter Gay (June 20, 1923-), a Jewish American historian of the social history of ideas, born in Berlin as Peter Joachim Fröhlich . ... See also: 1989 in literature, other events of 1990, 1991 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1983 in literature, other events of 1984, 1985 in literature, list of years in literature. ... George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as the father of containment and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. ... See also: 1971 in literature, other events of 1972, 1973 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Henry Steele Commager (October 25, 1902 - March 2, 1998) was a noted American historian who wrote (or edited) over forty books and over 700 journalistic essays and reviews, and taught at New York University, Columbia, and Amherst College. ... See also: 1966 in literature, other events of 1967, 1968 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. ... See also: 1956 in literature, other events of 1957, 1958 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Joseph Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 - March 5, 1971) was an educator, historian, and author and journalist. ... See also: 1951 in literature, other events of 1952, 1953 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Time magazine, December 4, 1939 Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist. ... See also: 1947 in literature, other events of 1948, 1949 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Charles Austin Beard (November 27, 1874 _ September 1, 1948) was an American historian, author with James Harvey Robinson of The Development of Modern Europe (1907). ... See also: 1936 in literature, other events of 1937, 1938 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1926 in literature, other events of 1927, 1928 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1917 in literature, other events of 1918, 1919 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Roscoe Thayer (1859–1923) was an American author and editor. ... See also: 1909 in literature, other events of 1910, 1911 in literature, list of years in literature. ... James Ford Rhodes (1848–1927), was an American historian, born in Ohio City. ...

Music

// Events June 26, 2006: J.K. Rowling reaveals that two characters will die in the seventh book of the Harry Potter series. ... Stephen Sondheim (Birthname: Stephen Joshua Sondeim b. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is a noted American composer and diarist. ... See also: 1999 in literature, other events of 2000, 2001 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Lukas Foss (born Lukas Fuchs, August 15, 1922 in Berlin, Germany) is an American composer and conductor. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Gunther Schuller Gunther Schuller (born November 22, 1925) studied at the St. ... See also: 1993 in literature, other events of 1994, 1995 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Hugo Weisgall (1912–1997) was a American composer, known chiefly for opera and vocal music. ... See also: 1990 in literature, other events of 1991, 1992 in literature, list of years in literature. ... There are at least two David Diamonds David Diamond the journalist David Diamond the composer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... See also: 1987 in literature, other events of 1988, 1989 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Milton Byron Babbitt (born May 10, 1916) is an American composer. ... See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. ... See also: 1981 in literature, other events of 1982, 1983 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Schuman William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910–February 15, 1992) was an American composer and music administrator. ... See also: 1975 in literature, other events of 1976, 1977 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber (March 9, 1910–January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music, best known for his Adagio for Strings. ... See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. ... See also: 1965 in literature, other events of 1966, 1967 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Virgil Thomson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989) was an American composer from Missouri, whose rural background gave a sense of place in his compositions. ... See also: 1960 in literature, other events of 1961, 1962 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1955 in literature, other events of 1956, 1957 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music. ... See also: 1950 in literature, other events of 1951, 1952 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: И́горь Фёдорович Страви́нский Igor Fjodorovič Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a Russian-born composer of modern classical music. ... -1... John Alden Carpenter (February 28, 1876 - April 26, 1951) was a U.S. composer. ... See also: 1941 in literature, other events of 1942, 1943 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ernest Bloch with children This article is about the composer. ... See also: 1937 in literature, other events of 1938, 1939 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Walter Johannes Damrosch (born in Breslau, Prussia, January 30, 1862; died in New York City, December 22, 1950) was an American symphony conductor. ... See also: 1927 in literature, other events of 1928, 1929 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1918 in literature, other events of 1919, 1920 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

Painting

// Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ... See also: 1998 in literature, other events of 1999, 2000 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robert Rauschenberg (1925-) is a painter, sculptor, and graphic artist known for helping to redefine American art in the 1950s and 60s, providing an alternative to the then-dominant aesthetic of Abstract Expressionism. ... See also: 1992 in literature, other events of 1993, 1994 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Richard Clifford Diebenkorn, Jr. ... See also: 1986 in literature, other events of 1987, 1988 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Raphael Soyer (1899, Borisoglebsk, Tambov - 1987, New York) was Russian-born US painter. ... See also: 1974 in literature, other events of 1975, 1976 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Willem de Koonings Woman V (1952-53) Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ... See also: 1969 in literature, other events of 1970, 1971 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Georgia Totto OKeeffe (November 15, 1887—March 6, 1986) was an American artist. ... See also: 1964 in literature, other events of 1965, 1966 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Wyeth, formerly known as American Home Products, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. ... See also: 1959 in literature, other events of 1960, 1961 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967), an American watercolor painter, was born in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. ... See also: 1954 in literature, other events of 1955, 1956 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Nighthawks. ... See also: 1949 in literature, other events of 1950, 1951 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John French Sloan (August 2, 1871 - September 8, 1951) was a U.S. artist. ... See also: 1941 in literature, other events of 1942, 1943 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Cecilia Beaux is an American society portraitist, in the nature of John Singer Sargent. ... See also: 1931 in literature, other events of 1932, 1933 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Gari Melchers or Julius Melchers (August 11, 1860 - 1932) was an American artist. ... See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Cecilia Beaux is an American society portraitist, in the nature of John Singer Sargent. ... See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1913 in literature, other events of 1914, 1915 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Self Portrait, oil painting, 1907 John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. ...

Poetry

See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Stanley Merwin was born on September 30, 1927 in New York City and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... See also: 1996 in literature, other events of 1997, 1998 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Ashbery John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is an American poet. ... See also: 1990 in literature, other events of 1991, 1992 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921), is a United States poet. ... See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 - September 15, 1989) was an American poet and novelist. ... See also: 1978 in literature, other events of 1979, 1980 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Archibald MacLeish Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. ... See also: 1972 in literature, other events of 1973, 1974 in literature, list of years in literature. ... John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888 - July 3, 1974) was an American poet, essayist, and social commentator. ... See also: 1967 in literature, other events of 1968, 1969 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Wystan Hugh Auden (February 21, 1907–September 29, 1973) was an English poet. ... See also: 1962 in literature, other events of 1963, 1964 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Carlos Williams Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with Modernism and Imagism. ... ). Categories: Stub ... Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, born in Savannah, Georgia, whose work includes poetry, short stories and novels. ... See also: 1952 in literature, other events of 1953, 1954 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (December 11, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... See also: 1938 in literature, other events of 1939, 1940 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Robert Frost (1941) Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet, one of the foremost of the 20th century. ... See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 - April 6, 1935) was an American poet, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. ... See also: 1910 in literature, other events of 1911, 1912 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Honorary statue of James Whitcomb Riley on courthouse lawn in Greenfield, Indiana James Whitcomb Riley (Greenfield, Indiana October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916), American writer and poet called the Hoosier poet and Americas Childrens Poet made a start writing newspaper verse in Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal...

Sculpture

See also: 2000 in literature, other events of 2001, 2002 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Fulcrum 1987, 55 ft high free standing sculpture of Cor-ten steel near Liverpool Street station, London Richard Serra (born 2 November 1939) is an American minimalist sculptor known for working with large scale assemblies of sheet metal. ... See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... George Rickey (1907–July 17, 2002) was an American kinetic sculptor. ... See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Maman, by Louise Bourgeois, is a 30-foot-tall spider. ... See also: 1982 in literature, other events of 1983, 1984 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Louise Berliawsky Nevelson (1900 Kiev - 1988) was a U.S. (Russian-born) sculptor. ... See also: 1976 in literature, other events of 1977, 1978 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Isamu Noguchi, 1941. ... See also: 1970 in literature, other events of 1971, 1972 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976), also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing the mobile. ... See also: 1965 in literature, other events of 1966, 1967 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Birth of the Muses, bronze, 1944-1950. ... See also: 1960 in literature, other events of 1961, 1962 in literature, list of years in literature. ... William Zorach (February 28, 1887 – November 15, 1966) was a Lithuanian-American sculptor, painter and writer. ... See also: 1955 in literature, other events of 1956, 1957 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Ivan Meštrović (August 15, 1883 – January 16, 1962) was a Croatian sculptor. ... See also: 1950 in literature, other events of 1951, 1952 in literature, list of years in literature. ... End of the Trail James Earle Fraser (November 4, 1876 – October 11, 1953) was an American sculptor, born in Winona, Minnesota. ... See also: 1944 in literature, other events of 1945, 1946 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Paul Howard Manship (December 24, 1885 - January 28, 1966) was a prominent American sculptor of the early 20th century. ... See also: 1935 in literature, other events of 1936, 1937 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1929 in literature, other events of 1930, 1931 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (American sculptor, 1876 - 1973) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Herbert Adams (1874-1952) was an English writer of fifty cosy mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bannion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. ... See also: 1916 in literature, other events of 1917, 1918 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Daniel Chester French Signature, Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor. ... See also: 1908 in literature, other events of 1909, 1910 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Augustus Saint Gaudens, 1905 Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin, March 1, 1848 - Cornish, New Hampshire, August 3, 1907), was the Irish born American sculptor of the Beaux Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. ...

All winners

  • 2005 — Jane Freilicher, Painting
  • 2000 — R.W.B. Lewis, Biography
  • 1990 — C. Van Woodward, History
  • 1989 — Isaac Beshevis Singer, Fiction
  • 1988 — James Thomas Flexner, Biography
  • 1982 — Francis Steegmuller, Biography
  • 1980 — Peggy Bacon, Graphic Art
  • 1972 — Henry Steele Commager, History
  • 1961 — Rogers H. Sessions, Music
  • 1958 — Henry R. Shepley, Architecture
  • 1950 — H.L. Mencken, Essays
  • 1948 — Bruce Rogers, Graphic Arts
  • 1937 — Charles M. Andrews, History
  • 1936 — George G. Barnard, Sculpture
  • 1930 — Charles Adams Platt, Architecture
  • 1927 — William M. Sloane, History
  • 1925 — William Crary Brownell, Belles Lettres
  • 1923 — Edwin H. Blashfield, Painting
  • 1923 — Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer — usually known as Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, the name used by the academy in its official listing
  • 1919 — Charles M. Loeffler, Music
  • 1913 — Augustus Thomas, Drama

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William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes William Hooker Gillette ( July 24, 1853, Hartford, Connecticut; April 29, 1937, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager; recognized as one of the greatest actors in the history of the United States. ... See also: 1929 in literature, other events of 1930, 1931 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1929 in literature, other events of 1930, 1931 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (American sculptor, 1876 - 1973) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 - April 6, 1935) was an American poet, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. ... See also: 1928 in literature, other events of 1929, 1930 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... See also: 1927 in literature, other events of 1928, 1929 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1926 in literature, other events of 1927, 1928 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Herbert Adams (1874-1952) was an English writer of fifty cosy mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bannion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. ... See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Cecilia Beaux is an American society portraitist, in the nature of John Singer Sargent. ... See also: 1924 in literature, other events of 1925, 1926 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1923 in literature, other events of 1924, 1925 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1922 in literature, other events of 1923, 1924 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1921 in literature, other events of 1922, 1923 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright. ... See also: 1920 in literature, other events of 1921, 1922 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Woolworth Building (New York City), was the worlds tallest building at the time it was built, in 1909. ... 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A list of famous prizes, medals and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc. ... This is a list of awards that are, or have been, given out to writers of poetry, either for a specific poem, collection of poems, or body of work. ... Thousands of poetry awards and prizes are given throughout the world, ranging from very well-respected down through ones that are nothing more than con schemes designed to milk gullible would-be poets. ...

External links

  • [1] American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal winners list

 
 

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