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24 Recipients of MacArthur ‘Genius’ Awards Named.
The dancer-choreographer Kyle Abraham, who recalled relying on food stamps just three years ago, was among the 13 men and 11 women officially named MacArthur fellows on Wednesday. Besides the imprimatur of achievement and future promise, the 2013 fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation come with a sweetened stipend of $625,000 paid over five years.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/arts/macarthur-genius-award-winners-named.html?hp