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Robert Darnton

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American historian

United StatesWritersBorn 1939 · age 87
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Robert Choate Darnton is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France.

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Prof. Darnton with prof. Hans Tuzzi at Festivaletteratura of Mantua, September 8, 2018.Prof. Darnton with prof. Hans Tuzzi at Festivaletteratura of Mantua, September 8, 2018.

Awards 16

2025prix Château-de-Versailles du livre d'histoire
2013Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
2011Newberry Library Award
2011National Humanities Medal
2010honorary doctorate at the Laval University
2005honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University
1995National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
1979Leo Gershoy Award
1960Rhodes Scholarship
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Officer of Arts and Letters
MacArthur Fellows Program
honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala
honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews
Guggenheim Fellowship
Lyell Lectures

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André MassonAlso won Lyell LecturesSimon SchamaAlso won Leo Gershoy AwardJaroslav PelikanAlso won Newberry Library AwardJulio CaroAlso won honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne UniversityWilhelm SchmidtAlso won honorary doctor of the University of UppsalaPhilippe JaccottetAlso won Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

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United States
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Dates
Born 1939 · age 87
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