List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1968
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Two hundred and ninety-one scholars, scientists, and artists were chosen from 2,053 applicants to receive Guggenheim Fellowships in 1968.[1][2][3][4] A total of $2,196,500 was disbursed.[5] Of the 91 institutions represented, University of California, Berkeley had the most grants (19), followed by Columbia University (15) and Yale University (13).[4][3][6]
1968 United States and Canadian Fellows
1968 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows
| Category | Field of Study | Fellow | Institutional association | Research topic | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creative Arts | Fiction | Max Aub | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Writing | Also won in 1966, 1971 | [200][201] |
| José Donoso | Also won in 1973 | [202][203] | ||||
| Salvador Elizondo | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Also won in 1973 | [204][205] | |||
| Juan Rulfo | [206] | |||||
| Samuel Selvon | Also won in 1955 | [207] | ||||
| Fine Arts | Oscar Magnan | [208] | ||||
| Federico Manuel Peralta Ramos | La última cena, a performance and luxury dinner at the Alvear Palace Hotel | [209] | ||||
| Music Composition | León Schidlowsky | University of Chile | Composition | [210] | ||
| Antonio Tauriello | Conservatorio Nacional de Música | [211] | ||||
| Poetry | Alejandra Pizarnik | Writing | [212] | |||
| Humanities | Architecture, Planning and Design | José Antonio Priani Piña | National Autonomous University of Mexico | [213] | ||
| Fine Arts Research | Marta Traba | Bogotá Museum of Modern Art | Dos décadas vulnerables en las artes plásticas latinoamericanas, 1950-1970 (published 1973) | [214] | ||
| Jesús Urzagasti | Instituto Latinoamericano de Relaciones Internacionales | [215] | ||||
| Linguistics | Ana María Barrenechea | Torcuato di Tella Institute | [216][217] | |||
| Literary Criticism | Edgardo Cozarinsky | Also won in 1975 | [218] | |||
| Natural Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Braulio Iriarte | National Autonomous University of Mexico, University of Arizona | Nature and evolution of stellar systems | [219] | |
| Earth Science | Darcy Closs | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | [220] | |||
| Luis Guillermo Durán Solano | National University of Colombia | Submarine geology in the Caribbean | [221] | |||
| Medicine and Health | Joaquín Luco Valenzuela | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | Also won in 1937, 1938, 1957 | [222] | ||
| Mathematics | Manfredo Perdigão do Carmo | Also won in 1965 | [223] | |||
| Molecular and Cellular Biology | José Mordoh | National Scientific and Technical Research Council | Also won in 1970 | [224] | ||
| Neuroscience | Pedro Rudomín Zevnovaty | National Institutes of Health (visiting) | Also won in 1959 | [225][226] | ||
| Organismic Biology and Ecology | Jorge W. Abalos | National University of Córdoba | Research at Harvard University | [227][228] | ||
| Braulio Orejas-Miranda | Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cubana | [229] | ||||
| Physics | Mario Eusebio Foglio | Bariloche Atomic Centre | [230] | |||
| Plant Sciences | Luis Eduardo Mora-Osejo | National University of Colombia | Research at Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution | [231] | ||
| Raulino Reitz | Herbário Barbosa Rodrigues | Also won in 1954 | [232] | |||
| Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies | Demetrio Sodi Morales | Instituto Indigenista Interamericano | [233] | ||
| Law | Genaro R. Carrió | [234] | ||||
| Political Science | Manuel Maldonado-Denis | University of Puerto Rico | [235] |