[applause] ramÓn saldÍvar.ional humanities medal to ramÓn saldÍvar for his bold exploration of identity along the border separating the united states and mexico. in his studies of chicano literature and the development of the novel in europe and america, dr. saldÍvar highlights the cultural and literary markings that divide and unite us. [applause] amartya sen. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to amartya sen for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. by applying philosophical thinking to questions of policy he has changed how standards of living are measured and increased our understanding of how to fight hunger. [applause] >> let's give a big hand to our award winners today. [applause]

take pkg take pkg el profesor ramon saldivar acaba de recibir un reconocimiento presidencial 11:27 realmentema o algo asi 11:34 12:18 cualquier otra persona pero mo mi 12:19 este lunes en washigton saldivar recibio de manos del propio presidente obama, el premio nacional en humanidades, uno de los maximos reconocimient os en el area, compartiendo incluso honores con el actor al pacino premiado en el area de artes. 15:25 pensando sobre las dificultades que habia pasado mi familia y tambien muchas familias en los estados unidos que cada dia sufren tambien 15:36 saldivar es profesor de literatura e ingles en la universidad de stanford y tiene un doctorado de la universidad de yale. su reconocimient o es por sus contribucione s al estudio entre otras cosas de la literatura chicana en la construccion de identidad del pais. 16:46 lo importante de mi trabajo es conocer hemos estado aqui en esta nacion desde los principios de la nacion 16:54 17:28 y que hemos contribuido muchisimo a lo que es los estados unidos 17:36 el afirma que actualmente es fundamental este reconocimient o, especialmente con el

[applause] ramÓn saldÍvar.ational humanities medal to ramÓn saldÍvar for his bold exploration of identity along the border separating the united states and mexico. in his studies of chicano literature and the development of the novel in europe and america, dr. saldÍvar highlights the cultural and literary markings that divide and unite us. [applause] amartya sen. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to amartya sen for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. by applying philosophical thinking to questions of policy, he has changed how standards of living are measured and increased our understanding of how to fight hunger. [applause] >> let's give a big hand to our award winners today. [applause] well, we are just blessed to have this incredible array of talent and inspiration with us here today. we are so glad we had the opportunity to make this small gesture of appreciation and thanks to all that you have contributed to us. each and every day you continue to inform who we are as

[applause] ramon saldivar. 2011 national humanities medal to ramon saldivar for his bold exploor ration of identity along the border. in his studies of literature and the development of the novel in europe and america dr. saldivar highlights the cultural and literary markings that divide and unite us. [applause] amartya sen. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to amartya sen for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. by applying philosophical thinking to questions of policy he has changed how standards of living are measured and increased our understanding of how to fight hunger. [applause] >> let's give a big hand to our award winners today. [applause] well, we are just blessed to have this incredible array of talent and inspiration with us here today. we are so glad we had the opportunity to make this small gesture of appreciation and thanks to all that you have contributed to us. each and every day you continue to inform who we are as a people, and we could not be prouder o