Kwame Anthony Appiah

1954 -

country of citizenship: United States of America, United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Clare College, Bryanston School, Port Regis School, University of Cambridge

occupation: philosopher, university teacher, novelist, journalist, academic, international forum participant

award received: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, National Humanities Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Arthur Ross Book Award, Freedom to Create Prize, ASA Best Book Prize, Philip L. Quinn Prize, Ralph J. Bunche Award

position held: Booker Prize judge

influenced by: John Rawls, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, W. E. B. Du Bois

official website: www.appiah.net

Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( AP-ee-ah; born 8 May 1954) is a British American philosopher and writer who has written about political philosophy, ethics, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah was the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, before moving to New York University (NYU) in 2014. He holds an appointment at the NYU Department of Philosophy and NYU's School of Law. Appiah was elected President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in January 2022. Source: Wikipedia (en)