Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement. The two awards are taken in rotation from these categories: * Belles Lettres and Criticism, and Painting; * Biography and Music; * Fiction and Sculpture; * History and Architecture, including Landscape Architecture; * Poetry and Music; * Drama and Graphic Art. Awards in individual categories are listed below (in alphabetical order) followed by a list of all prizes in reverse chronological order:Source: