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	Edward Albee Three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
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	Stephen Ambrose Biographer and Historian
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	Julie Andrews Legend of Stage and Screen
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	Maya Angelou Poet and Historian
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	J. Carter Brown Director Emeritus National Gallery of Art
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	Carol Burnett Television Hall of Fame
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	James Cameron Master Filmmaker
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	Johnny Cash Country Music Legend
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	Dale Chihuly Master Glass Artist
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	Tom Clancy Best-Selling Author
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	Francis Ford Coppola Filmmaker, Producer and Screenwriter
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	Sheryl Crow Award-Winning Singer and Songwriter
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	Olivia de Havilland Legendary Leading Lady
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	Joan Didion National Book Award
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	David Herbert Donald Two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography
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	Rita Dove Former Poet Laureate of the United States
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	Nora Ephron Humorist, Novelist, Screenwriter and Director
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	Suzanne Farrell Ballerina Extraordinaire
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	Sally Field Two Oscars for Best Actress
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	Shelby Foote Novelist and Historian
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	Carlos Fuentes Author, Scholar & Diplomat
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	Athol Fugard Playwright, Novelist and Actor
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	Ernest Gaines A Lesson Before Dying
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	Frank Gehry Award-Winning Architect
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	Vince Gill Country Music Hall of Fame
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	Louise Glück Former Poet Laureate of the United States
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	Whoopi Goldberg Actress and Activist
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	Doris Kearns Goodwin Pulitzer Prize for History
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	Nadine Gordimer Nobel Prize in Literature
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	John Grisham Best-Selling Author
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	Lauryn Hill Singer, Songwriter & Record Producer
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	Khaled Hosseini Afghanistan's Tumultuous History
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	Ron Howard Oscar for Best Director
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	Jeremy Irons Award-winning Stage and Screen Actor
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	John Irving National Book Award
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	Sir Peter Jackson Oscar for Best Director
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	Philip Johnson Dean of American Architects
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	Chuck Jones Animation Pioneer
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	James Earl Jones National Medal of Arts
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	Quincy Jones Music Impresario
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	Naomi Judd Country Music Artist and Social Advocate
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	B.B. King King of the Blues
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	Maya Lin Artist and Architect
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	Norman Mailer Two Pulitzer Prizes
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	Wynton Marsalis Pulitzer Prize for Music
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	Johnny Mathis Grammy Hall of Fame
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	Frank McCourt Pulitzer Prize for Biography
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	David McCullough Two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography
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	Audra McDonald Six Tony Awards
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	W.S. Merwin Two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry
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	James Michener Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist
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	Scott Momaday Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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	Jessye Norman Legendary Opera Soprano
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	Sir Trevor Nunn Theatrical Director
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	Joyce Carol Oates National Book Award
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	Suzan-Lori Parks Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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	Sidney Poitier Oscar for Best Actor
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	Harold Prince Broadway Producer and Director
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	Lloyd Richards Tony Award-Winning Director
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	Sonny Rollins Greatest Living Jazz Soloist
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	James Rosenquist Pop Art Master
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	Fritz Scholder Native American Artist
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	Vincent Scully Architectural Historian
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	Carol Shields Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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	Stephen Sondheim Award-winning Composer and Lyricist
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	Wole Soyinka Nobel Prize for Literature
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	Esperanza Spalding Singer, Songwriter and Jazz Bassist
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	Hilary Swank Two Oscars for Best Actress
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	Amy Tan Best-Selling Novelist
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	Bernie Taupin Songwriters Hall of Fame
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	Julie Taymor Theater, Opera and Film Director
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	Kiri Te Kanawa Beloved Opera Singer
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	Twyla Tharp Dancer and Choreographer
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	Wayne Thiebaud Painter and Teacher
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	John Updike Two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction
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	Gore Vidal National Book Award
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	Tom Wolfe America's Master Novelist
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	Robert Zemeckis Motion Picture Production
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