| By Curt and Jamila Hayman (Chief Editors),
on Thursday Aug, 07 2008 9:27:27 am MST
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 Author Maya Angelou and TV producer Norman Lear
have been chosen to receive the 2008 Marian Anderson Award, which
honors artists whose leadership benefits humankind.
The pair will receive their
awards, as well as an accompanying $100,000 honorarium, during a
ceremony to be held Nov. 17 in Philadelphia at the Kimmel Center for
the Performing Arts, reports the Associated Press.
Angelou, 80, has written
more than a dozen best sellers including "I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings," as well as three Grammy-winning spoken-word albums, poetry,
plays and children's books. She also has written for television and
film, serving on the board of the American Film Institute and as a
member of the Director's Guild.
Lear, 76, was creator,
producer and writer for such television classics as "All in the
Family," "Sanford and Son," "The Jeffersons" and "Maude."
In its 10th year, the
annual Marian Anderson Award is named for the famed contralto and
Philadelphia native, who died in 1993 at age 96. Previous recipients
include Harry Belafonte, Gregory Peck, Elizabeth Taylor, Oprah Winfrey,
Sidney Poitier and Richard Gere.
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