American Academy of Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters bestows honorary membership to Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Yasunari Kawabata, Stephen Spender, and full membership to Louise Bogan.

The Academy president provides introductory remarks and presents honorary memberships to: Isaiah Berlin, Cecil Day Lewis, Sir Herbert Reed, Kenzo Tonge, Pierre Boulez, Cicely Ve...

This is a recording of the 1954 awards ceremony of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The host, Archibald MacLeish, begins the ceremony with an addre...

This is a recording of the 1953 awards ceremony of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The host, Archibald MacLeish, provides opening remarks and intr...