Pete Seeger - Awards

Awards

Seeger has been the recipient of many awards and recognitions throughout his career, including :

• The Mid-Hudson Civic Center Hall of Fame (2008)
  • Seeger and Arlo Guthrie performed the first public concert at the Poughkeepsie, New York not-for-profit family entertainment venue, close to Seeger's home, in 1976. Grandson Tao Rodríguez-Seeger accepted the Hall of Fame plaque on behalf of his grandfather.
• The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1993)
• The National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts (1994)
• A Kennedy Center Honor (1994)
• The Harvard Arts Medal (1996)
• "The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal" (1996)
• Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1996)
• Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album of 1996 for his record "Pete" (1997)
• The Felix Varela Medal, Cuba's highest honor for "his humanistic and artistic work in defense of the environment and against racism" (1999)
• The Schneider Family Book Award for his children's picture book "The Deaf Musicians." (2007)
• The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award (1986)
• The Eugene V. Debs Award (1979)
• Grammy Award for best traditional album of 2008 for his record "At 89" (2008)
• A proposal to name the Walkway Over the Hudson in his honor.
• The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award for his commitment to peace and social justice as a musician, songwriter, activist, and environmentalist that spans over sixty years. (2008)
• The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize (2009)