Oscar winner Sally Field and best-selling author Stephen King are among those being awarded with a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama.
The honors will be bestowed upon 18 people and three institutions during an East Room White House ceremony on Thursday.
Field is being honored for “her contributions as an actress and filmmaker. The dignity, empathy, and fearlessness of her performances have touched audiences around the world, and she has deployed those same qualities off-screen in her advocacy for women, LGBT rights, and public health,” the White House announcement said.
King is being recognized “for his contributions as an author.