News brief: Obama award 2010 National Arts and Humanities medals

March 2 at 1:45 p.m., President Obama will award 20 honorees the 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal.

The following individuals and organizations will receive awards:

2010 National Medal of Arts:

  • Robert Brustein
  • Van Cliburn
  • Mark di Suvero
  • Donald Hall
  • Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
  • Quincy Jones
  • Harper Lee
  • Sonny Rollins
  • Meryl Streep
  • James Taylor

2010 National Humanities Medal:

  • Daniel Aaron
  • Bernard Bailyn
  • Jacques Barzun
  • Wendell E. Berry
  • Roberto González Echevarría
  • Stanley Nider Katz
  • Joyce Carol Oates
  • Arnold Rampersad
  • Philip Roth
  • Gordon Wood
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