The US president will present the novelist with the highest award for artists given by the US government
When Stephen King was announced as the winner of a medal for distinguished contribution to American letters in 2003, the eminent literary critic Harold Bloom said it was “a testimony to [the] idiocy” of the awarding organisation, the National Book Awards. On 10 September, no less than Barack Obama will present the novelist with the United States’ National Medal of Arts.
The highest award for artists given by the US government, the medal goes to those who are “deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States”. King, author of dozens of bestselling novels ranging from The Shining to It, was described as “one of the most popular and prolific writers of our time”, who “combines his remarkable storytelling with his sharp analysis of human nature”.
I guess I'm going to be awarded the National Medal of Arts. I’m amazed and grateful
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