Alumni | May 18, 2012

American Academy of Arts and Letters awards to Harvard alumni

Alumni recognized by American Academy of Arts and Letters

Pete Seeger ’40, the folk singer, recipient of the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts; read an excerpt from New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson’s recent book-length portrait.
Poet Frederick Seidel ’57, and Adam Hochschild ’63, author of several books, including King Leopold’s Ghost (about the Belgian colonization of the Congo, a National Book Critics Circle award finalist)—both recipients of Arts and Letters Awards in Literature; read a review of Seidel’s recent collected poems by Adam Kirsch ’97.
Roger Angell ’42, the New Yorker’s long-time fiction editor, baseball correspondent, and light-verse master (notably the year-end, full-page “Greetings, Friends!” poems), recipient of the Michael Braude Award for Light Verse; read an excerpt from Angell’s memoir.

The popular Harvard English professor published Under Water this spring.

Author and Harvard Divinity School writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams finds beauty in the world around us.

Shakespeare scholar Caroline Bicks studies horror and fear in literature.

Harvard scientists identify hundreds of genes under selective pressure.

In her memoir All That's Unseen, Emilee Hackney explores religion, friendship, and home.

Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo: 1762-1806

In her memoir All That's Unseen, Emilee Hackney explores religion, friendship, and home.

The planned opening of the Goel Center in Allston for performances will be in spring of 2027.

For both American and international students, growing up is like learning a new language.