Of these there are surely few that would be more rewarding discoveries than Verner Von Heidenstam, the Swedish poet and novelist who received the award in 1916 and whose centennial was celebrated two years ago.

With the announcement of a `` special achievement award '' to William A. ( ( Bill ) Shea, the awards list was completed yesterday for Sunday night's thirty-eighth annual dinner and show of the New York Chapter, Baseball Writers' Association of America, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

The most valuable player award was split three ways, among Glen Mankowski, Gordon Hartweger and Tom Kieffer.

In addition, a special award was given to Bob ( Bevo ) Nordmann, the 6-foot-10 center who missed much of the season because of a knee injury.

The award was made by Judge Fred B. Perkins who heard their petition without a jury by agreement of the parties.

The Oscar itself was later initiated by the Academy as an award " of merit for distinctive achievement " in the industry.

He was posthumously awarded Pakistan's highest military award Nishan-e-Haider ( Sign of the Lion ) for his act of bravery.

Matiur Rahman was awarded Bangladesh's highest military award, Bir Sreshtho, for his attempt to defect to join the civil war in east.

In 1962, Giacometti was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale, and the award brought with it worldwide fame.

) This also meant that with this title, he was the first black artist to win this highest to win award in the Netherlands.

( When the award name was changed in 1954, Capp also retroactively received a Reuben statuette.

Since the award was not as effective at advertising as Chalmers had hoped, it was discontinued after 1914.

The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA, which selected an annual winner from 1940 through 1946.

One award was presented for both leagues in 1947 and 1948 ; since 1949, the honor has been given to one player each in the National and American League.

Originally, the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award, named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s.

The award was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award in July 1987, 40 years after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallant leadership: the citation for this award, published in the London Gazette in December 1914 reads:

Watterson was awarded the National Cartoonists Society's Humor Comic Strip Award in 1988 and the society's Reuben Award in 1986 ; he was the youngest person ever to receive the latter award.

The award, created by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949, one year after Ruth's death.

Greetings was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear award.

Centerfielder Adam Jones was named to the 2009 All Star team and awarded a Gold Glove award for his defensive play.

He won the Man of the Match award for both matches and was also named Man of the Series.

A separate " award " was soon enacted for Night BASE jumping when Mayfield completed each category at night, becoming Night BASE # 1, with Smith qualifying a few weeks later.

Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, as prescribed by Section 8 of this Title, an amount not exceeding the principal of each award, plus accrued interests on such awards as bear interest, certified pursuant to Section 5 of this Title, in accordance with the award.

He directed and starred in Easy Rider ( 1969 ), winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer.

The novel was made into a 1979 movie directed by Hal Ashby, starring Peter Sellers, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the role and Melvyn Douglas, who won the award for Best Supporting Actor.

She appeared in the 1975 screen adaptation of the Hans Fallada novel, Every Man Dies Alone directed by Alfred Vohrer, released in English as Everyone Dies Alone in 1976 and for which she won an award for best actress at the International Film Festival in Carlsbad, then in Czechoslovakia.

Leone was one of the two directors whom Eastwood dedicated his award to, the other was Don Siegel who directed Eastwood in a string of movies in the 1970s, including Dirty Harry.

He also directed one section of the three-part, three-director feature film Three To Go ( 1970 ), which won an AFI award.

Burton appeared on Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Time Remembered ( 1958 ) and winning the award for playing King Arthur in the musical Camelot ( 1960 ), directed by Moss Hart and written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.

An award winning documentary directed by Scott Huegerich and Bob Miano of Civil Pictures.

Martin appeared in the Irish Film entitled Stella Days directed by Irish Director Thaddeus O ' Sullivan and stars IFTA award winning actress Amy Huberman.

1976's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith directed by Fred Schepisi was an award winning historical drama from a book by Thomas Keneally about the tragic story of an Aboriginal Bushranger.

Two anime series directed by Tomino ( Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979-80 and Space Runaway Ideon in 1980 ) won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award.

DreamWorks released a music video for the single " Early to Bed "; directed by Jamie Caliri and released in March 1997, the nightmarish yet humorous video became an instant favorite among fans and was later nominated for a Grammy award.

She did not win that year ( Ginger Rogers took home the award for Kitty Foyle ), but Fontaine did win the following year for Best Actress in Suspicion, which co-starred Cary Grant and was also directed by Hitchcock.

His first break as a lead actor in Tamil films came with Apoorva Raagangal, directed by K. Balachander, for which he also won his first Filmfare award in Tamil.

Following a series of successful comedies in Pammal K. Sambandam and Panchathantiram and a couple of guest appearances, Kamal Haasan directed his third feature film in Virumaandi, a film about the death penalty which won the Best Asian Film award at Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.

Cassel received the 2009 Cesar award for best actor for his performance in Mesrine directed by Jean-Francois Richet.

In 2002, Trevor Ferguson's first play, Long, Long, Short, Long was produced by infinitheatre ( directed Guy Sprung ) in Montreal and has become the first English play in history to be nominated by l ' académie québécoise du theatre for a Masque award for best text.

In 1962 she was directed again by Jean Delannoy in Venere Imperiale and received a Nastro d ' Argento and a David di Donatello award.

Some prominent Czech directors included Miloš Forman, who directed The Firemen's Ball, Black Peter, and Loves of a Blonde during this time, Věra Chytilová who is best known for her film Daisies, and Jiří Menzel, whose film Closely Watched Trains ( Ostře sledované vlaky 1966 ) won an academy award for best foreign language film.

The Shop on Main Street ( Obchod na korze 1965 ) directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos won the academy award for best foreign language film in 1966.

Nutan is strongly supported by Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra, just beginning to make an impact in the film industry and directed by award winning director Bimal Roy, who ventures into the life of a convict and reveals his / her humanity and the circumstances that often force an ordinary person to commit a crime.

* Tabu ( 1931 film ), a 1931 award winning film directed by F. W. Murnau

However, the bulk of Crystal's good-natured barbs — and the comments of many of the presenters and award recipients as well — were directed at New Zealand and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which dominated an evening lacking in surprises.