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Scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah receives $500,000 prize from Library of Congress

Aug. 08, 2024 10:58 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Author-scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah has received a $500,000 lifetime achievement award from the Library of Congress. Appiah, 70, has won the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, given every two years to “individuals whose outstanding...