President Barack Obama presented the 2012 National Humanities Medals at the White House on July 10, 2013. The honorees: Edward Ayers [1], William Bowen [2], Jill Ker Conway [3], Natalie Zemon Davis [4], Frank Deford [5], Joan Didion [6], Robert Putnam [7], Marilynne Robinson [8], Kay Ryan [9], Robert Silvers [10], Anna Deveare Smith [11] and Camilo José Vergara [12].
