American Academy of Arts and Letters

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honor society learned society nonprofit organization

The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a prestigious honor society in the United States that recognizes and promotes excellence in literature, music, and the fine arts.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Institute of Arts and Letters	4
Council of the American Academy of Arts and Letters	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	honor society ⓘ learned society ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ
awards	American Academy of Arts and Letters architecture award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards in Architecture Academy Awards in Art ⓘ Academy Awards in Literature ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards in Music Academy Awards in the Arts ⓘ Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture ⓘ Gold Medal for Drama ⓘ surface form: Award of Merit Medal for Drama Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ surface form: Award of Merit Medal for Poetry Award of Merit Medal for the Essay ⓘ Award of Merit Medal for the Novel ⓘ Award of Merit Medal for the Short Story ⓘ Gold Medal for Architecture ⓘ Gold Medal for Drama ⓘ Gold Medal for Fiction ⓘ Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters ⓘ surface form: Gold Medal for Music Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters ⓘ surface form: Gold Medal for Painting Gold Medal for Poetry ⓘ Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters ⓘ surface form: Gold Medal for Sculpture architecture awards ⓘ art awards ⓘ literary awards ⓘ music awards ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedAs	American Academy of Arts and Letters self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Institute of Arts and Letters
foundedIn	1898 ⓘ
governingBody	American Academy of Arts and Letters self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Council of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
hasBuilding	Audubon Terrace ⓘ surface form: Audubon Terrace complex
hasFacility	archives ⓘ galleries ⓘ library ⓘ
hasMemberLimit	250 members ⓘ
hasSection	art section ⓘ literature section ⓘ music section ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ Washington Heights ⓘ
membershipBy	election by existing members ⓘ
mergedWith	American Academy of Arts and Letters self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Institute of Arts and Letters
notableMember	Aaron Copland ⓘ Georgia O’Keeffe ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ William Faulkner ⓘ
purpose	foster and sustain interest in the arts ⓘ promote excellence in fine arts ⓘ promote excellence in literature ⓘ promote excellence in music ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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American Academy of Arts and Letters → foundedAs → American Academy of Arts and Letters self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Institute of Arts and Letters

American Academy of Arts and Letters → governingBody → American Academy of Arts and Letters self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Agnes de Mille → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

Charles Eliot Norton → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Institute of Arts and Letters

Daniel Chester French → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

Edward Larrabee Barnes → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

Eliezer → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

subject surface form: Eliezer Wiesel

Harold Bloom → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

James Truslow Adams → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

John Harbison → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

John White Alexander → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

Lillian Hellman → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

Mona Simpson → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

Robert A. Caro → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

Robert Lowell → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

Seamus Heaney → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

W. H. Auden → memberOf → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

American Academy of Arts and Letters → mergedWith → American Academy of Arts and Letters self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Institute of Arts and Letters

Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters → presentedBy → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Institute of Arts and Letters

Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters → presentedBy → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ

William Dean Howells Medal → presentedBy → American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ