Angelou was honored by universities, literary organizations, government agencies, and special interest groups. Her honors included a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry, "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie," a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play "Look Away", and three Grammys for her spoken word albums. She served on two presidential committees, and was awarded the Spingarn Medal in 1994, the National Medal of Arts in 2000, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Angelou was awarded more than fifty honorary degrees.
Awards and honors
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou | Awards and honors
Yes,  the Spingarn Medal, the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Yes, three Grammys for her spoken word albums, the Spingarn Medal, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Yes, she was awarded the Spingarn Medal in 1994, the National Medal of Arts in 2000, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Angelou was awarded more than fifty honorary degrees. Yes, Spingarn Medal, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom
i know why the caged bird sings poem explanation
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It is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma.
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who is the author of this poem?
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Maya Angelou.
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where was she born?
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St. Louis, Missouri.
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was she the only child?
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No, she was the second child.
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did she receive any rewards?
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Angelou was honored by universities, literary organizations, government agencies, and special interest groups. Her honors included a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry, "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie," a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play "Look Away", and three Grammys for her spoken word albums. She served on two presidential committees, and was awarded the Spingarn Medal in 1994, the National Medal of Arts in 2000, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. Angelou was awarded more than fifty honorary degrees.
Maya Angelou | Awards and honors
In 2000, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton. In 2010, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the U.S., by President Barack Obama. More than thirty health care and medical facilities have been named after Angelou. She was awarded more than 50 honorary degrees.
List of honors received by Maya Angelou | Introduction
African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou (1928–2014) was honored by universities, literary organizations, government agencies, and special interest groups. Her honors include a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book of poetry "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie," a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1973 play "Look Away", and five Grammys for her spoken albums. Beginning in 1982, Angelou held the first lifetime Reynolds Professorship of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She served on two presidential committees – for Gerald Ford in 1975 and for Jimmy Carter in 1977.
List of honors received by Maya Angelou | Introduction
Plisetskaya was honored on numerous occasions for her skills:
Maya Plisetskaya | Awards and honors
Goded's work has been the subject of academic research and has also won several international awards. Here follows a selection:
Maya Goded | Awards
Macqueen was the recipient of numerous prizes, including
Mary Macqueen | Awards
Atlantic Film Festival Gemini Awards Genie Awards
Maya Gallus | Awards and nominations
In recognition to her efforts, she was granted many awards. Among them were:
Sameera Moussa | Awards and honors
Among others, he has received the following prizes:
Joan Mari Torrealdai | Prizes
The winning teacher receives a $1000 stipend and a plaque that is presented at a banquet held in his or her honor. This year the winning school will receive a $500 award to help support important school activities.
The Christa McAuliffe Prize | Introduction
The Global Seru Awards are awarded to celebrities who have caught the attention of the public through interesting or exciting accomplishments.
List of awards and nominations received by Luna Maya | Global Seru Awards
Maya Angelou (; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
Maya Angelou | Introduction
Alexe Rău held several awards from the Union of Writers and Union of Artists, as well as other prizes awards and decorations:
Alexe Rău | Awards
She is a recipient of Martin Luther King Salute to Greatness Award.
Julie Gichuru | Awards
Winners are listed first and signified in bold letters.
2013 Maya Awards | Winners and nominees
In 2013, she was also honored by her alma mater U.C. Berkeley School of Law with the Thelton E. Henderson Social Justice Prize for her “commitment to…and creativity in developing legal strategies to advance social justice.”
Maya Rupert | Awards
Winners are listed first and signified in bold letters.
2014 Maya Awards | Winners and nominees
During her studies Angelova competed in several international music competitions. She was awarded with many prizes and scholarships:
Božena Angelova | Awards
In 1978 he was elected an associate member of the Institute of Catalan Studies. Ultra mentioned awards, also won the Award of Honor Jaume I (1982), the Cross of St. George (1982), the prize for the work of Atlantis literary critic (1987), the Prize of Honor of Catalan Letters ( 1992) and the Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia (2001).
Joan Triadú | Awards and scholarships
This page contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to Ella Fitzgerald.
List of awards received by Ella Fitzgerald | Introduction
Florence Wambugu has been the recipient of numerous awards.
Florence Wambugu | Awards
Among Kalaw's many awards, the most prestigious was the Mahatma Gandhi Freedom Award which was conferred to her on April 2, 1985 by the Department of Anthropology of the College of William & Mary in Virginia, United States. The award is given annually to outstanding scholars or public figures who, given by personal example, have given meaning and substance to freedom. Among other recipients of the award were her cousin Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., Senator Jovito Salonga, K. R. Narayanan, H. R. Choudry and K. S. Bajpai.
Eva Estrada Kalaw | Awards
Here is chronologically the awards Rubenyan has received so far.
Sona Rubenyan | Awards and achievements
Yuskavage has been the recipient of honors and awards that include the Tiffany Foundation Grant (1996); the Founder's Day Certificate of Honor, Tyler School of the Arts, Philadelphia (2000); and the Temple University Gallery of Success Award, Temple University, Philadelphia (2005).
Lisa Yuskavage | Awards
The American Academy of Arts and Letters made her a member in 2017.
Ursula K. Le Guin | Awards and recognition
Source: Audubon Society 2018 Honorees 2017 Honorees
Rachel Carson Award | Award recipients
Salimi has been honored and awarded several festivals and ceremonies:
Maryam Salimi | Awards
Winners are listed first and signified in bold letters.
2012 Maya Awards | Winners and nominees
The number of awards being given increased from the previous year to 29 competitive categories with 3 special awards. The following categories were not present previously:
2013 Maya Awards | Awards
The recipient of many awards, she was honored with the Order of the British Empire, the Order of Honour of Antigua and Barbuda, Distinguished Order of the Nation.
Gwendolyn Tonge | Introduction
Angelou used the same editor throughout her writing career, Robert Loomis, an executive editor at Random House, until he retired in 2011. Angelou said regarding Loomis: "We have a relationship that's kind of famous among publishers." She was one of the most honored writers of her generation, earning an extended list of honors and awards, as well as more than 30 honorary degrees. She was a prolific writer of poetry; her volume "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie" (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and she was chosen by President Bill Clinton to recite her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" during his inauguration in 1993.
List of Maya Angelou works | Introduction
Betsabeé Romero has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the following:
Betsabeé Romero | Awards and honors
and Malcolm X. Angelou was the first poet to read an inaugural poem since Robert Frost at the 1961 inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, and the first Black and woman. Her recitation resulted in more fame and recognition for her previous works, and broadened her appeal "across racial, economic, and educational boundaries".
Poetry of Maya Angelou | Critical reception and response
In 2005, Jasanoff won the Duff Cooper Prize for "Edge of Empire". She won both the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction and 2012 George Washington Book Prize for "Liberty's Exiles." She won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013 and in 2017, she was awarded the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, valued at $165,000. Jasanoff won the 2018 Cundill History Prize valued at $75,000 for "The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World".
Maya Jasanoff | Awards
McKerson's achievements were recognized with numerous awards including:
Mazola McKerson | Awards and Achievements
In 1914 she was a recipient of the Henry Hutchison Medal, and the Gamble Prize for producing an essay on the works of Sir John Fortesque.
Caroline Skeel | Awards and honors
"Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration" (2008) Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning [co-authored with Rosa Johnson Butler and Richard A Long]
Marcia Ann Gillespie | Works
Let us reveal to our children the beauty of music and music shall reveal to our children the beauty of life.".
José Antonio Abreu | Awards and recognition
She received an Honorary doctorate of literature from Farleigh Dickinson University in 1992.
Buchi Emecheta | Awards and recognition
Lewis was the recipient of numerous awards during her lifetime, including:
Shari Lewis | Awards and honors
Ajmera was the recipient of a Rotary International Graduate Fellowship to study in South Asia in 1989-1990. She was also the recipient of the 1993-1997 Echoing Green Public Service Graduate Fellowship and the William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations of North Carolina. In October 2007, Maya Ajmera was featured on CNN's Heroes segment. Actress Mira Sorvino named Ajmera as her hero. In June 2008, Maya Ajmera received the Women of Distinction award at the 2008 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders at Georgetown University. The award is given to women who have made amazing accomplishments in their professions and who serve as inspiring role models for female students.
Maya Ajmera | Honors and awards
He had been promised to the following honorary distinctions:
Jules Fontaine Sambwa | Awards
Millikan has received grants and awards from the following:
Ann Millikan | Honors and awards
In 2018, she became an AAAI Fellow. Her other notable awards include:
Marie desJardins | Awards
In 1981, Didion was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1996, Didion was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal. In 2002, Didion received the St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates.
Joan Didion | Awards and honors
The prize was judged by Toyin Falola, Olu Obafemi and Margaret Busby. The award was presented by Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka .
Harriet Anena | Writing
Winners are listed first and signified in bold letters. Nominees for special awards, Iqbal Rais Award (Young Director), were announced on December 9, 2015, via Twitter official account.
2015 Maya Awards | Winners and nominees
Below is a selection of prizes awarded to Joan Busquets:
Joan Busquets | Prizes and awards
In 1961, Caulfield was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding. On 6 December 1963, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy in recognition of her work for the blind in Asia. The award was given by President Lyndon B. Johnson in honor of President John F. Kennedy. Her niece was actress Joan Caulfield.
Genevieve Caulfield | Recognition
They received $125,000 and a "specially commissioned sculpture designed by Maya Lin, the creator of the Vietnam War Memorial."
Charmian Gooch | Awards and nominations
In 2002 Apfelbaum was the recipient of an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012-2013, she was the recipient of the Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize, a prize which is awarded to a select group of individuals who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. She has also been a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Grant, a Richard Diebenkorn Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Artist’s Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
Polly Apfelbaum | Honors
Goya Awards Medals of the Gaudí Awards
Isabel Coixet | Awards
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Dr. King has won numerous awards, prizes, and honors for her scientific and humanitarian work, including:.
Mary-Claire King | Awards, prizes, and honors
Bissessarsingh was awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Gold) for his service in the field of education and history.
Angelo Bissessarsingh | Awards
Mihesuah is also the recipient of awards from the American Council of Learned Societies, American Educational Studies Association, American Historical Association, Arizona Humanities Council, Flagstaff Live!, Ford Foundation, KU Crystal Eagle American Indian Leadership Award, National Endowment for the Humanities, Newberry Library, Phi Alpha Theta, Smithsonian Institution, Westerners International, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers. At NAU she received the Native American Students United Award for Outstanding Faculty, President's Award for Outstanding Faculty, and Outstanding Faculty Woman of the Year Award.
Devon A. Mihesuah | Awards
In 1942 Morgan received an honorary doctorate from Golden State University, which at that time was in Los Angeles.
Angela Morgan | Awards
Adama Delphine Fawundu has received numerous awards, including: She was also on the list of the following rankings:
Delphine Fawundu | Awards and recognition
In 1966, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1968, she became the tenth woman elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. She was elected an EMBO Member in 1974. In 1970, she received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
Rita Levi-Montalcini | Awards and honors
Vivian Browne was the recipient of multiple awards throughout her life.
Vivian E. Browne | Awards
During her career, Ann Richards received many awards and honors including: Baylor Distinguished Alumna, the Texas NAACP Presidential Award for Outstanding Contributions to Civil Rights, the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Achievement Award, the Orden del Aguila Azteca (Order of the Aztec Eagle) presented by the government of Mexico, the Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Texas Women's Hall of Fame honoree for Public Service.
Ann Richards | Awards and recognitions
She has received several Emmys for her work, received the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award from the United Nations of San Francisco, was inducted into the Academy of Television and Radio Hall of Fame in New York City, is a Silver Circle Inductee of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2003. She was also recognized as a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, and honored as an Outstanding Alumnus by California State University, Fresno. She received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Art University in May 2018.
Jan Yanehiro | Achievements
She is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees.
Cathy Minehan | Awards and honors
Before Alsou turned 18, she had already achieved great success and was honored several times. ! colspan="3" style="background: cyan;" | World Music Awards
Alsou | Awards
She continued to win prizes, including an honorary MA from Tufts University, and show work until her death.
Marie Danforth Page | Introduction
In 1993, Knight received the Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award. She was honored with the Caucus Centennial Medallion, from the Black Caucus. In 1984 she received the Centennial Award of Merit from Arizona State University, and in 1994, she received the Pioneer Award, Twelfth Annual Artists' Salute to Black History Month.
Gwendolyn Knight | Awards and honors
Olufunmilayo Olopade was one out of the three African-Americans to receive the $500,000 award. This award was appointed by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. This “no strings attached” stipend grant was given as support for up to five years and was referred to as the “genius grant.” This grant allowed Olopade to continue her research on her groundbreaking discoveries on diseases and health concerns.
Olufunmilayo Olopade | Awards
Carroll is the recipient of numerous grants and honors including:
Mary Ellen Carroll | Awards, Grants and Honors
This list includes some of Baudrier's honors and awards. Recipient of the Maurice Bourdet Prize (1960), Ondas International Prize (1969), Unda Prize (1972), and Louise Weiss Foundation Prize (1997).
Jacqueline Baudrier | Honors and distinctions
Maria Smith-Falkner was awarded the Order of Lenin, another order and a medal.
Maria Smith-Falkner | Awards and prizes
She has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Joan Silber | Honors and awards
Other awards include:
Angélique Kidjo | Awards and recognition
Among the awards and honors that Hoxby has received are:
Caroline Hoxby | Awards and honors
In 2013, Mehretu was awarded the Barnett and Annalee Newman Award and in 2015 Mehretu received the US Department of State Medal of Arts from Secretary of State John Kerry.
Julie Mehretu | Recognition
The following persons have received Punyabhushan Awards.
Punyabhushan | List of awardees
She was bestowed the title of Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR in 1974. In 2002, Kristalinskaya got a star posthumously on the Star Square in Moscow.
Maya Kristalinskaya | Introduction
She was a prolific writer of poetry; her volume "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie" (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and she was chosen by U.S. President Bill Clinton to recite her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" during his inauguration in 1993. Angelou's successful acting career included roles in numerous plays, films, and television programs, including her appearance in the television mini-series "Roots" in 1977. Her screenplay, "Georgia, Georgia" (1972), was the first original script by a black woman to be produced, and she was the first African-American woman to direct a major motion picture, "Down in the Delta", in 1998.
Maya Angelou | Works
This article partially lists the awards, nominations, and recognitions received by Jolina Magdangal.
List of awards, nominations, and recognitions received by Jolina Magdangal | Introduction
In 1967, Carrell was decreed a Knight of the Order of Academic Palms. In 1980, a scholarship open to participants of Congress of French Culture in Florida was established in her name and continues to this day. In 2002, Carrell was awarded the French Legion of Honor by then-President Jacques Chirac.
Suzanne Carrell | Awards and recognition
Bacigalupo has earned several fellowships: Bacigalupo has also earned a few awards:
Ana Mariella Bacigalupo | Awards, accolades, & grants
Bucur is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, among them two National Endowments for the Humanities research grants, a research fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC, and a fellowship from the American Association for University Women. In May 2018 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration.
Maria Bucur | Awards and honors
Kabata-Pendias received many awards for her achievements. The most important were:
Alina Kabata-Pendias | Awards and honors
The museum organization awards an Alston-Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award. The award is given to someone whose life's work has contributed to the expansion of civil and human rights. This is the museum's highest citation. The author Maya Angelou was the winner in 1998. The 2013 Alston-Jones award was presented to Dr. Johnnnetta Betsch Cole, director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art. Dr. Cole is a distinguished educator, cultural anthropologist and humanitarian. She is a former president of Bennett College and of Spelman College. The Museum gave Dr. Joe Dudley Sr., co-founder of Dudley Products, the 2013 Trailblazer Award.
International Civil Rights Center and Museum | Awards
She was awarded with the Rogelio Sinán award in 2002. She is the first person who received this award instituted by Act No. 14 February 7, 2001. This award consists in a medal of honor, a scroll of honor, and a cash prize of $10,000. This award was delivered by the President Mireya Moscoso in a ceremony held at the National Theatre. The President of the National Writers Council, Mr. Dimas Lidio Pitty delivered during the ceremony: Elsie Alvarado is the most complete woman of letters in our cultural history.
Elsie Alvarado de Ricord | Awards
In May 2015 she was named Doctor honoris causa by the Universidad de Murcia. Prizes include:
Margarita Lozano | Recognition
Bayles has been awarded numerous honors from a variety of cultural, academic, and national institutions, including:
Martha Bayles | Awards and honors
He has been awarded the following prizes and honors:
Paul Méfano | Awards
Hendel was the recipient of many recognitions for her work, including:
Yehudit Hendel | Awards
In 1986 Araújo was granted an award at the tenth Solão Carioca de Artes in Rio de Janeiro.
Martha Araújo | Honors and Awards
On September 27, 1958, she received the first Elizabeth Blackwell Award at the 50th anniversary convocation of William Smith College. In 2000, she received the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism.
Gwen Grant Mellon | Awards and honors
She was American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow of 2019.
Mary Louise Pratt | Honors and awards
In the nineteenth century, women artists were rarely awarded major prizes. They were mostly limited to prizes designated for them. But rare exceptions included: Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, who won the 1889 Temple Gold Medal at PAFA; Mary Hazelton, who won the 1896 Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design; and Cecilia Beaux, who won the 1899 Carnegie Prize at the Carnegie Museum of Art and the 1900 Temple Gold Medal at PAFA. Initially, the Mary Smith Prize carried a cash prize of $100, which was increased to $300 in 1960. Cecilia Beaux had won this prize four times before she was awarded the Temple Gold Medal.
Mary Smith Prize | Prize
She was awarded the Palm Pusthakapura Akshara Thoolika award for her poetry.
Gilu Joseph | Awards
Marjorie Harris Carr won a number of awards and honors for her work. As detailed largely by Peggy Macdonald, her awards included:
Marjorie Harris Carr | Honors and awards
Kandil has been awarded the P.E.O International Peace Scholarship Award (2008 and 2005), and the Robert S. & Muriel A. Raguin Graduate Scholarship (2004-2005). Kandil has also been awarded the Artist in Residence Award by City of Victoria (2011), the 1-year UVic Graduate Student Fellowship (2009-2010), 3-year UVic Fellowship (2006-2009).
Yasmine Kandil | Awards and recognition
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Anu Solomon | Awards and honors
The awards consisted of 27 competitive categories that recognized the best in feature films, short films, animated films, documentary, omnibus, and film review. There were also Special Mention Awards, which were awarded to director Gareth Evans, actress Nani Widjaja, and actress-singer .
2012 Maya Awards | Awards
In 2013, she was awarded the Canadian Association of University Teachers Distinguished Academic Award.
Marie Battiste | Awards and honors
Cuomo has received numerous honors for her lifelong work as an educator and advocate for women, children, and families. In 1994, she was presented with the International Fellowship Hall of Fame award by the Coalition for Italo-American Associations in honor of her humanitarian efforts as an advocate for children. In 2010, she received the Lewis Avenue Alumni Legacy Award from St. John's University. Cuomo was honored in 2011 with the Champion for New York's Children and Families Award by the Maternity and Early Childhood Foundation in Albany, New York.
Matilda Cuomo | Awards and recognition
She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama in 1989. In 2011, the Akademi awarded her the Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna, given to 100 artists from across India to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, for their contribution in the field of performing arts.
Maya Rao | Introduction