![]() “I had tears in my eyes as I learned about this award,” Sanchez, 87, said in a statement released Sunday by MacDowell. NEW YORK - The poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez is this year's winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others. “I had tears in my eyes as I learned about this award,” Sanchez, said in a statement released Sunday, March 6, 2022, by MacDowell, an artist residency founded in 1907. The poet, activist and educator is this year's winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others. FILE - Philadelphia poet laureate Sonia Sanchez gestures as she makes remarks during a news conference Thursday, Dec.
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