American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Literature
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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:
The Academy voted in 1915 to establish an additional Gold Medal for "special distinction" to be given for the entire...
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The American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. It is located in Washington Heights, a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, in New York. It shares Audubon Terrace, its Beaux Arts...
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