NEW YORK (AP) — Robert A. Caro’s newest literary honor could be very near dwelling.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian has been named the first-ever Founders Historian Laureate by The New York Historic, the venerable museum and cultural heart the place Caro’s archives are saved and a analysis room is called for him. Caro, a lifelong New Yorker, visits once in a while to signal copies of his books, together with his basic work on municipal builder Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” the topic of a current exhibit on the museum. Caro, 89, can also be recognized for his collection of Lyndon Johnson biographies and is at present writing the fifth and closing quantity. No launch date has been introduced.
He shall be formally honored at a Sept. 17 gala, the place The New York Historic additionally will current a Historical past Makers Award to Grammy-winning conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who subsequent yr is to grow to be the musical and creative director of the New York Philharmonic. He had led the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009.
“We feel deeply privileged to name Robert A. Caro our Founders’ Historian Laureate — a singular distinction in our 221 years of institutional history — for his luminous writing,” the museum’s board chair, Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang, stated in a press release launched Wednesday.
“We honor Robert A. Caro and Gustavo Dudamel for their virtuosity in presenting the truth of human voice — Robert A. Caro for his commanding biographies of Robert Moses and President Lyndon B. Johnson, and his profound analysis of their roles in 20th-century America; and Gustavo Dudamel for his awe-inspiring artistry and for activating the power of music to make social change.”
