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Author Wendell Berry receiving the National Humanities Award from President Barack Obama Wednesday.
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One of my favorite authors, Wendell Berry, received the National Humanities Medal on Wednesday. The National Endowment for the Humanities presents the award each year to citizens who have contributed to increasing civic engagement in the humanities. President Barack Obama presented Berry with the award at a special ceremony at the White House on Wednesday that was also attended by Vice President Joe Bidden, First Lady Michelle Obama, and the heads of several federal agencies. In a statement read at the ceremony, the National Endowment for the Humanities recognized Berry for his "career exploring our relationship with the land and community."
Other notable recipients of the award include authors Joyce Carol Oates and Philip Roth, and historian Bernard Bailyn, who has won the Pulitzer Prize twice.
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