Aspen Award in the Humanities
The Robert O. Anderson Aspen Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Humanities.[1][2], usually referred to as the Aspen Award in the Humanities,[3] or the Aspen Award,[2] was an annual award given by the Aspen Institute to "the individual anywhere in the world judged to have made the greatest contribution to the advancement of the humanities."[2] It was established in 1963 by New Mexico oilman Robert O. Anderson, and first awarded in 1964.[3] The award was worth $30,000[4][5] and it was given for the last time in 1968.[3]
Winners[edit]
1964 Benjamin Britten,[2][6] English composer. His acceptance speech was a rare public exposition of his beliefs and published in full on the Aspen Music Festival website[2] and was published by Faber Music in 1964.[7]
1965 Martha Graham,[4] American dancer and choreographer.
1966 Constantinos A. Doxiadis,[8] Greek architect and town planner.
1967 Gilberto de Mello Freyre,[5] Brazilian historian.
1968 Edmund Wilson,[3] American writer.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://academic.oup.com/oq/article-abstract/4/3/147/1587218?redirectedFrom=PDF
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 http://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/benjamin-britten/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/docs/about/GREATMOMENTS.pdf
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01E6DB123CE733A25757C0A9639C946491D6CF
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "jstor". Latin American Research Review. 3 (1): 185–189. 1967. JSTOR 2502394.
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/01/archives/benjamin-britten-will-receive-first-30000-aspen-award-british.html
- ↑ https://academic.oup.com/oq/article-abstract/4/3/147/1587218?redirectedFrom=PDF
- ↑ http://archive.doxiadis.org/ViewDocument.aspx?Id=2337208
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