ACADEMY ELECTS CALISHER PRESIDENT
<i> From Reuters </i>
NEW YORK —
Members of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters have elected author Hortense Calisher as the academy’s new president.
Calisher, renowned as a novelist and writer of short stories, succeeds John Kenneth Galbraith, who served for three years. Academy members include notable American artists, writers and composers.
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