American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals
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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:
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[edit] Architecture
- 2002 — Frank O. Gehry, Architecture
- 1996 — Philip Johnson, Architecture
- 1999 — Kevin Roche, Architecture
- 1984 — Gordon Bunshaft, Architecture
- 1979 — I.M. Pei, Architecture
- 1973 — Louis I. Kahn, Architecture
- 1968 — R. Buckminster Fuller, Architecture
- 1963 — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architecture
- 1958 — Henry R. Shepley, Architecture
- 1953 — Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecture
- 1949 — Frederick Law Olmsted, Architecture
- 1940 — William Adams Delano, Architecture
- 1930 — Charles Adams Platt, Architecture
- 1921 — Cass Gilbert, Architecture
- 1912 — William Rutherford Mead, Architecture
[edit] Belles Lettres, Criticism, Essays
- 2005 — Joan Didion, Belles Lettres and Criticism
- 1999 — Harold Bloom, Belles Lettres
- 1993 — Elizabeth Hardwick, Belles Lettres/Criticism
- 1987 — Jacques Barzun, Belles Lettres
- 1981 — Malcolm Cowley, Belles Lettres
- 1975 — Kenneth Burke, Belles Lettres
- 1965 — Walter Lippmann, Essays
- 1960 — E.B. White, Essays
- 1955 — Edmund Wilson, Essays
- 1950 — H.L. Mencken, Essays
- 1946 — Van Wyck Brooks, Essays
- 1935 — Agnes Repplier, Belles Lettres
- 1925 — William Crary Brownell, Belles Lettres
- 1916 — John Burroughs, Belles Lettres
[edit] Biography
- 2006 — Robert Caro, Biography
- 2000 — R.W.B. Lewis, Biography
- 1994 — Walter Jackson Bate, Biography
- 1988 — James Thomas Flexner, Biography
- 1982 — Francis Steegmuller, Biography
- 1976 — Leon Edel, Biography
[edit] Drama
- 2004 — John Guare, Drama
- 1998 — Horton Foote, Drama
- 1992 — Sam Shepard, Drama
- 1986 — Sidney Kingsley, Drama
- 1980 — Edward Albee, Drama
- 1969 — Tennessee Williams, Drama
- 1964 — Lillian Hellman, Drama
- 1959 — Arthur Miller, Drama
- 1954 — Maxwell Anderson, Drama
- 1941 — Robert E. Sherwood, Drama
- 1931 — William Gillette, Drama
- 1922 — Eugene O'Neill, Drama
- 1913 — Augustus Thomas, Drama
[edit] Fiction, Novel, Short Story
- 2001 — Philip Roth, Fiction
- 1995 — William Maxwell, Fiction
- 1989 — Isaac Beshevis Singer, Fiction
- 1982 — Bernard Malamud, Fiction
- 1978 — Peter Taylor, Short Story
- 1977 — Saul Bellow, Novel
- 1972 — Eudora Welty, Novel
- 1962 — William Faulkner, Fiction
- 1957 — John Dos Passos, Fiction
- 1952 — Thornton Wilder, Fiction
- 1944 — Willa Cather, Fiction
- 1933 — Booth Tarkington, Fiction
- 1929 — Edith Wharton, Fiction
- 1924 — Edith Wharton, Fiction
- 1915 — Charles William Eliot, Fiction
- 1915 — William Dean Howells, Fiction
[edit] Graphic Art
- 1998 — Frank Stella, Graphic Art
- 1992 — David Levine, Graphic Art
- 1986 — Jasper Johns, Graphic Art
- 1980 — Peggy Bacon, Graphic Art
- 1974 — Saul Steinberg, Graphic Art
- 1969 — Leonard Baskin, Graphic Art
- 1964 — Ben Shahn, Graphic Art
- 1959 — George Grosz, Graphic Art
- 1954 — Reginald Marsh, Graphic Art
- 1948 — Bruce Rogers, Graphic Arts
[edit] History
- 2002 — John Hope Franklin, History
- 1996 — Peter Gay, History
- 1990 — C. Van Woodward, History
- 1984 — George F. Kennan, History
- 1972 — Henry Steele Commager, History
- 1967 — Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., History
- 1957 — Allan Nevins, History
- 1952 — Carl Sandburg, History
- 1948 — Charles Austin Beard, History
- 1937 — Charles M. Andrews, History
- 1927 — William M. Sloane, History
- 1918 — William Roscoe Thayer, History
- 1910 — James Ford Rhodes, History
[edit] Music
- 2006 — Stephen Sondheim, Music`
- 2003 — Ned Rorem, Music
- 2000 — Lukas Foss, Music
- 1997 — Gunther Schuller, Music
- 1994 — Hugo Weisgall, Music
- 1991 — David Diamond, Music
- 1988 — Milton Babbitt, Music
- 1985 — Leonard Bernstein, Music
- 1982 — William Schuman, Music
- 1976 — Samuel Barber, Music
- 1971 — Elliott Carter, Music
- 1966 — Virgil Thomson, Music
- 1961 — Rogers H. Sessions, Music
- 1956 — Aaron Copland, Music
- 1951 — Igor Stravinsky, Music
- 1947 — John Alden Carpenter, Music
- 1942 — Ernest Bloch, Music
- 1938 — Walter Damrosch, Music
- 1928 — George W. Chadwick, Music
- 1919 — Charles M. Loeffler, Music
[edit] Painting
- 2005 — Jane Freilicher, Painting
- 1999 — Robert Rauschenberg, Painting
- 1993 — Richard Diebenkorn, Painting
- 1987 — Isabel Bishop, Painting
- 1981 — Raphael Soyer, Painting
- 1975 — Willem De Kooning, Painting
- 1970 — Georgia O'Keeffe, Painting
- 1965 — Wyeth, Painting
- 1960 — Charles E. Burchfield, Painting
- 1955 — Edward Hopper, Painting
- 1950 — John Sloan, Painting
- 1942 — Cecilia Beaux, Painting
- 1932 — Gari Melchers, Painting
- 1925 — Cecilia Beaux, Painting
- 1923 — Edwin H. Blashfield, Painting
- 1914 — John Singer Sargent, Painting
[edit] Poetry
- 2003 — W.S. Merwin
- 1997 — John Ashbery
- 1991 — Richard Wilbur
- 1985 — Robert Penn Warren
- 1979 — Archibald MacLeish
- 1973 — John Crowe Ransom
- 1968 — W.H. Auden
- 1963 — William Carlos Williams
- 1958 — Conrad Aiken
- 1953 — Marianne Moore
- 1939 — Robert Frost
- 1929 — Edwin Arlington Robinson
- 1911 — James Whitcomb Riley
[edit] Sculpture
- 2001 — Richard Serra, Sculpture
- 1995 — George Rickey, Sculpture
- 1989 — Louise Bourgeois, Sculpture
- 1983 — Louise Nevelson, Sculpture
- 1977 — Isamu Noguchi, Sculpture
- 1971 — Alexander Calder, Sculpture
- 1966 — Jacques Lipchitz, Sculpture
- 1961 — William Zorach, Sculpture
- 1956 — Ivan Mestrovic, Sculpture
- 1951 — James Earle Fraser, Sculpture
- 1945 — Paul Manship, Sculpture
- 1936 — George G. Barnard, Sculpture
- 1930 — Anna Hyatt Huntington, Sculpture
- 1926 — Herbert Adams, Sculpture
- 1917 — Daniel Chester French, Sculpture
- 1909 — Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Sculpture
[edit] All winners
- 2006 — Robert Caro, Biography
- 2006 — Stephen Sondheim, Music
- 2005 — Joan Didion, Belles Lettres and Criticism
- 2005 — Jane Freilicher, Painting
- 2004 — John Guare, Drama
- 2004 — Chuck Close, Graphic Art
- 2003 — W.S. Merwin, Poetry
- 2002 — Frank O. Gehry, Architecture
- 2002 — John Hope Franklin, History
- 2001 — Philip Roth, Fiction
- 2001 — Richard Serra, Sculpture
- 2000 — R.W.B. Lewis, Biography
- 2000 — Lukas Foss, Music
- 1999 — Robert Rauschenberg, Painting
- 1999 — Harold Bloom, Belles Lettres
- 1998 — Horton Foote, Drama
- 1998 — Frank Stella, Graphic Art
- 1997 — John Ashbery, Poetry
- 1997 — Gunther Schuller, Music
- 1996 — Philip Johnson, Architecture
- 1995 — William Maxwell, Fiction
- 1995 — George Rickey, Sculpture
- 1994 — Walter Jackson Bate, Biography
- 1994 — Hugo Weisgall, Music
- 1993 — Richard Diebenkorn, Painting
- 1993 — Elizabeth Hardwick, Belles Lettres/Criticism
- 1992 — David Levine, Graphic Art
- 1992 — Sam Shepard, Drama
- 1991 — David Diamond, Music
- 1991 — Richard Wilbur, Poetry
- 1999 — Kevin Roche, Architecture
- 1990 — C. Van Woodward, History
- 1989 — Louise Bourgeois, Sculpture
- 1989 — Isaac Beshevis Singer, Fiction
- 1988 — Milton Babbitt, Music
- 1988 — James Thomas Flexner, Biography
- 1987 — Jacques Barzun, Belles Lettres
- 1987 — Isabel Bishop, Painting
- 1986 — Jasper Johns, Graphic Art
- 1986 — Sidney Kingsley, Drama
- 1985 — Leonard Bernstein, Music
- 1985 — Robert Penn Warren, Poetry
- 1984 — Gordon Bunshaft, Architecture
- 1984 — George F. Kennan, History
- 1983 — Louise Nevelson, Sculpture
- 1982 — William Schuman, Music
- 1982 — Francis Steegmuller, Biography
- 1982 — Bernard Malamud, Fiction
- 1981 — Malcolm Cowley, Belles Lettres
- 1981 — Raphael Soyer, Painting
- 1980 — Edward Albee, Drama
- 1980 — Peggy Bacon, Graphic Art
- 1979 — Archibald MacLeish, Poetry
- 1978 — Peter Taylor, Short Story
- 1978 — Barbara W. Tuchman, History
- 1977 — Saul Bellow, Novel
- 1977 — Isamu Noguchi, Sculpture
- 1976 — Samuel Barber, Music
- 1975 — Kenneth Burke, Belles Lettres
- 1975 — Willem De Kooning, Painting
- 1974 — Saul Steinberg, Graphic Art
- 1973 — Louis I. Kahn, Architecture
- 1973 — John Crowe Ransom, Poetry
- 1972 — Henry Steele Commager, History
- 1972 — Eudora Welty, Novel
- 1971 — Alexander Calder, Sculpture
- 1971 — Elliott Carter, Music
- 1970 — Lewis Mumford, Belles Lettres
- 1970 — Georgia O'Keeffe, Painting
- 1969 — Leonard Baskin, Graphic Art
- 1969 — Tennessee Williams, Drama
- 1968 — W.H. Auden, Poetry
- 1968 — R. Buckminster Fuller, Architecture
- 1967 — Katherine Anne Porter, Fiction
- 1967 — Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., History
- 1966 — Jacques Lipchitz, Sculpture
- 1966 — Virgil Thomson, Music
- 1965 — Walter Lippmann, Essays
- 1964 — Lillian Hellman, Drama
- 1963 — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architecture
- 1963 — William Carlos Williams, Poetry
- 1962 — William Faulkner, Fiction
- 1962 — Samuel Eliot Morison, History
- 1961 — Rogers H. Sessions, Music
- 1961 — William Zorach, Sculpture
- 1960 — Charles E. Burchfield, Painting
- 1960 — E.B. White, Essays
- 1959 — George Grosz, Graphic Art
- 1959 — Arthur Miller, Drama
- 1958 — Conrad Aiken, Poetry
- 1958 — Henry R. Shepley, Architecture
- 1957 — John Dos Passos, Fiction
- 1957 — Allan Nevins, History
- 1956 — Aaron Copland, Music
- 1956 — Ivan Mestrovic, Sculpture
- 1955 — Edward Hopper, Painting
- 1955 — Edmund Wilson, Essays
- 1954 — Maxwell Anderson, Drama
- 1954 — Reginald Marsh, Graphic Art
- 1953 — Marianne Moore, Poetry
- 1953 — Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecture
- 1952 — Carl Sandburg, History
- 1952 — Thornton Wilder, Fiction
- 1951 — James Earle Fraser, Sculpture
- 1951 — Igor Stravinsky, Music
- 1950 — H.L. Mencken, Essays
- 1950 — John Sloan, Painting
- 1949 — Frederick Law Olmsted, Architecture
- 1948 — Charles Austin Beard, History
- 1948 — Bruce Rogers, Graphic Arts
- 1947 — John Alden Carpenter, Music
- 1946 — Van Wyck Brooks, Essays
- 1945 — Paul Manship, Sculpture
- 1944 — Willa Cather, Fiction
- 1943 — Stephen Vincent Benet, Literature
- 1942 — Cecilia Beaux, Painting
- 1942 — Ernest Bloch, Music
- 1941 — Robert E. Sherwood, Drama
- 1940 — William Adams Delano, Architecture
- 1939 — Robert Frost, Poetry
- 1938 — Walter Damrosch, Music
- 1937 — Charles M. Andrews, History
- 1936 — George G. Barnard, Sculpture
- 1935 — Agnes Repplier, Belles Lettres
- 1933 — Booth Tarkington, Fiction
- 1932 — Gari Melchers, Painting
- 1931 — William Gillette, Drama
- 1930 — Charles Adams Platt, Architecture
- 1930 — Anna Hyatt Huntington, Sculpture
- 1929 — Edwin Arlington Robinson, Poetry
- 1929 — Edith Wharton, Fiction
- 1928 — George W. Chadwick, Music
- 1927 — William M. Sloane, History
- 1926 — Herbert Adams, Sculpture
- 1925 — Cecilia Beaux, Painting
- 1925 — William Crary Brownell, Belles Lettres
- 1924 — Edith Wharton, Fiction
- 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
- 1922 — Eugene O'Neill, Drama
- 1921 — Cass Gilbert, Architecture
- 1919 — Charles M. Loeffler, Music
- 1918 — William Roscoe Thayer, History
- 1917 — Daniel Chester French, Sculpture
- 1916 — John Burroughs, Belles Lettres
- 1915 — Charles William Eliot, Fiction
- 1915 — William Dean Howells, Fiction
- 1914 — John Singer Sargent, Painting
- 1913 — Augustus Thomas, Drama
- 1912 — William Rutherford Mead, Architecture
- 1911 — James Whitcomb Riley, Poetry
- 1910 — James Ford Rhodes, History
- 1909 — Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Sculpture
[edit] See also
- List of American literary awards
- List of literary awards
- List of prizes, medals, and awards
- List of poetry awards
- American literature
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in art
[edit] External links
- [1] American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal winners list
