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Stephen Balch, founding president of the National Association of Scholars, receives the National Humanities Medal from U.S. president George W. Bush on November 15, 2007. The National Humanities Medal is an American award that annually recognizes several individuals, groups, or institutions for work that has "deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens ...
Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah were among 20 recipients of National Medals of Arts, while the 19 recipients of National Humanities Medals included playwright-screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and historian Jon Meacham.
On October 30, 2024, Chast was awarded a National Humanities Medal by the National Endowment for the Humanities for "deepen[ing] the nation's understanding of the humanities and broad[ening] our citizens' engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects". [14] President Joe Biden presented the medal to ...
President Joe Biden presented trailblazing Tulsan and Native American poet, performer and writer Joy Harjo with the National Humanities Medal at a ceremony Monday.. The first Native American and ...
Three of the medals will be awarded posthumously: The late singer Selena Quintanilla and artist Ruth Asawa are arts medal winners and the late chef-author Anthony Bourdain was among the humanities medal winners. The arts medals are managed by the National Endowment for the Arts, and the humanities medals by the National Endowment for the ...
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The medal represents the US’s highest award for advancing the arts Mindy Kaling and Bruce Springsteen set to be honoured with humanities medals by Joe Biden Skip to main content
The medals are Biden’s first batch of awards for the arts and humanities and were delayed by the pandemic. WASHINGTON The post Gladys Knight, Colson Whitehead receive national arts, humanities ...