List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1959
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List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1959.
- Halim El-DabhHalim El-DabhHalim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh is an Egyptian-born American composer, performer, ethnomusicologist, and educator, who has had a career spanning six decades...
, Egyptian-born composer (also awarded a Fellowship in 1961) - Karl KorteKarl KorteKarl Korte is an American composer of contemporary classical music.He grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. He attended the Juilliard School, where he studied with Peter Mennin, William Bergsma, and Vincent Persichetti...
, composer (also awarded a Fellowship in 1970) - Wolfgang K. H. PanofskyWolfgang K. H. PanofskyWolfgang Kurt Hermann "Pief" Panofsky , was a German-American physicist.-Early life:Panofsky was born the son of renowned art historian Erwin Panofsky in Berlin, Germany. He received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1938 and obtained his PhD from Caltech in 1942. Around this time...
, Professor and Director Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University. - Ulfert WilkeUlfert WilkeUlfert Wilke was an internationally recognized painter, calligrapher and art collector connected to the abstract expressionism movement. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1938. He is best known for his large canvas paintings and highly detailed lithographs...
, German-born American calligrapher and painter (also awarded a Fellowship in 1960) - Philip RothPhilip RothPhilip Milton Roth is an American novelist. He gained fame with the 1959 novella Goodbye, Columbus, an irreverent and humorous portrait of Jewish-American life that earned him a National Book Award...
, celebrated American author for his debut work, Goodbye Columbus - Kahlil Gibran, Deceased. Sculptor, Boston, Massachusetts:(also awarded a Fellowship in 1960)