National Humanities Medal – 2014

national humanities medal 2014

Ques: Which of the following recipient is not included in the list of the National Humanities Medal recently issued by the White House?

a. Annie Dillard
b. Vicki Lynn Ruiz
c. Jhumpa Lahiri
d. Chetan Bharat

Ans: d

Related facts:

  • 3 September, 2015, the White House announced the distinguished recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal.
  • The awardees include historians, writers, a philosopher, scholar, preservationist, food activist and an education course.
  • Important to know that the Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities Medal.
  • National Humanities Medal of the 2014 recipients list are-
  1. The Clemente Course in the Humanities
  2. Annie Dillard, author
  3. Everett L. Fly, architect and preservationist
  4. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, philosopher and novelist
  5. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, historian
  6. Jhumpa Lahiri, short story writer and novelist
  7. Fedwa Malti-Douglas, scholar
  8. Larry McMurtry, novelist
  9. Vicki Lynn Ruiz, historian
  10. Alice Waters, author and food activist
  • President Barack Obama will confer the medal in a September 10 ceremony in the East Room.
  • The first National Humanities Medal was awarded in 1996. Since then, 175 have been bestowed — to 163 individuals and 12 organizations — inclusive of this year’s recipients.

Reference:

http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2015-09-03
http://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals