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The reconvened ASCE met at the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York until 1875 when the society moved to 4 East 23rd Street. The ASCE moved again in 1877 to 104 East 20th Street and in 1881 to 127 East 23rd Street. [10]: 2–3 [8] The ASCE commissioned a new headquarters at 220 West 57th Street in 1895.
William Alfred (B.A. 1948), playwright and professor of English literature at Harvard University; Evelyn Torton Beck (B.A. 1954), scholar and activist who specializes in Women's Studies, Jewish Women's Studies, and Lesbian Studies; Livia Bitton-Jackson (B.A. 1961) academic, author and a Holocaust survivor
When the societies dissolved, their libraries were transferred to the college libraries, and in many colleges the acquisition of the literary societies' libraries was a significant change in their collection, usually broadening the college's libraries' scope into popular literature, but often also adding important and rare works.
In certain UK universities, the title of Honorary Fellow is awarded to people from industry, whom the university wish to recognize and collaborate with. For example, the London School of Economics , Imperial College London , [ 27 ] University College London and Queen Mary University of London all have provisions for the award of honorary ...
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works.
Rome Prize in Literature: Every year the academy selects and partly subsidizes two young writers for a one-year residence at the American Academy in Rome. Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Awards: Each of these two awards are for $5,000. The first, established in 1956, is for a fiction work of "considerable literary achievement" published ...
Sahitya Akademi Award for English Award for contributions to English literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First awarded 1960 Last awarded 2022 Highlights Total awarded 51 First winner R. K. Narayan Most Recent winner Anuradha Roy Website sahitya-akademi.gov.in Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards ...
Geoffrey Hill – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Gene Andrew Jarrett – professor of English and African American studies [55] Ha Jin – author, National Book Award winner, Faulkner Award winner, Hemingway Award winner; Sir Hans Kornberg – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences