Established in 1925 by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, in memory of seventeen-year-old John Simon Guggenheim, the elder of their two sons, who died April 26, 1922, the Foundation has sought from its inception to “add to the educational, literary, artistic, and scientific power of this country, and also to provide for the cause of better international understanding,” as the Senator explained in his initial Letter of Gift (March 26, 1925). Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
From the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
62 Recipients since 1954
2023 João Pedro Oliveira, Music
2022 Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, History of Art and Architecture
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2016 George Legrady, Media Arts and Technology
2015 Jose Cabezon, Religious Studies
2015 Swati Chattopadhyay, History of Art and Architecture
2014 Yunte Huang, English
2013 Ann Taves, Religious Studies
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2007 Richard Ross, Art
2007 David White, Religious Studies
2006 Patricia Cohen, History
2005 Sharon Farmer, History
2003 Catherine Albanese, Religious Studies
2002 John Nathan, East Asian Language and Cultural Studies
2001 Abigail Solomon-Godeau, History of Art and Architecture
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1999 Edson C. Armi, History of Art and Architecture
1999 Carol Lansing, History
1998 Jody Enders, French and Italian, Theater and Dance
1998 Nelson Lichtenstein, History
1998 Elisabeth Weber, Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies
1997 Patricia Fumerton, English
1996 Suzanne Jill Levine, Spanish and Portuguese
1995 Alan Liu, English
1992 Mario Garcia, History
1990 Daniel Stein, Theater and Dance
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1989 Ann K. Hamilton, Art
1989 David Marshall, English
1989 David P. Rock, History
1989 Peter T. Shelton, Art
1989 Everett Zimmerman, English
1988 Sucheng Chan, History
1988 Sandra A. Thompson, Linguistics
1987 Apostolos Athanassakis, Classics
1987 Alejandro Planchart, Music
1985 Joel S. Feigin, Music
1985 Richard Helgerson, English
1985 Ulrich Keller, History of Art and Architecture
1984 Lawrence Badash, History
1984 John Sullivan, Classics
1983 Edwin Duval, French and Italian
1982 Robert Kelley, History
1980 David Gebhard, History of Art and Architecture
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1979 William Frost, English
1978 Henri Dorra, Art
1978 Garrett Stewart, English
1972 Anne G. Cushing, French and Italian
1972 Vivian Mercier, English
1970 George Dangerfield, History
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1969 Edgar Bowers, English
1968 Stuart P. Atkins, German
1967 Alexander Deconde, History
1967 Richard Exner, German
1967 Philip Walker, French and Italian
1965 Warren C. Hollister, History
1965 Harold Kirker, History
1965 Joachim Remak, History
1962 Immanuel Hsu, History
1960 Mark Hemmer, French and Italian
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1959 Alexander Deconde, History
1958 Edgar Bowers, English
1958 William Frost, English
1958 Marvin Mudrick, English
1954 Stuart P. Atkins, German