Al Pacino to receive National Medal of Arts

MUMBAI: US President Barack Obama will present Al Pacino the 2011 National Medal of Arts at the White House on Monday.

Pacino, who starred in Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather trilogy and Scarface, will receive the medal for his contributions as an actor and director of American film and theatre.

TOther honorees for the National Medal of Arts include names like Will Barnet (painter), Rita Dove (poet), Emily Rauh Pulitzer (curator/philanthropist), Martin Puryear (sculptor), Mel Tillis (music vet), Andre Watts (pianist) and the United Service Organization.

Additionally, the 2011 National Humanities Medal will also be presented to Kwame Anthony Appiah, John Asbery, Robert Darnton, Andrew Delbanco, Charles Rosen, Teofilo Ruiz, Ramon Saldivar, Amartya Sen and National History Day.