MacDowell's Artistic Gift; At the N.H. Creative Haven, Medal Day for William Styron

The Washington Post | August 22, 1988| | Copyright

"We are gathered here to judge if William Styron is deserving of the MacDowell Medal. My own opinion is that Styron has been honored half to death," joked George Plimpton in his introductory speech. "His desk drawers are full of medals, scrolls, academic hoods, ceremonial pins, commemorative cups, keys to cities, especially in the South. Does Bill really need the MacDowell Medal? If these other honors heaped upon him over the past years haven't been enough to bolster his confidence, his self-esteem, is one more, even the prestigious MacDowell, going to help?"

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