NEW YORK, March 24th, 2020 — The American Academy of Arts and Letters has announced the recipients of its highest honors for excellence in the arts. Architect Peter Eisenman and historian David Blight have been awarded the Gold Medals for Architecture and History, respectively. Given each year in two rotating categories of the arts, the Gold Medal is awarded to those who have achieved eminence in an entire body of work.
Writer Richard Powers will be awarded the William Dean Howells Medal, given every five years for the most distinguished American work of fiction published during that time, for The Overstory (W. W. Norton & Company, 2018). Editor and writer Bill Henderson will be recognized for his significant contribution to the arts as founder and publisher of Pushcart Press. The recipients were chosen by the members of the Academy.
For more information: https://artsandletters.org/pressrelease/2020-special-awards/