Kwame Anthony Appiah

Kwame Anthony Appiah is exactly the kind of thinker I find inspiring. Born in London with Ghanaian, English, and American roots, educated at Clare College and now teaching philosophy and law at NYU, he moves fluidly across political philosophy, ethics, language, and African intellectual history. The honors, from the National Humanities Medal to a Harvard honorary doctorate, are impressive, but what draws me in is his lifelong project of figuring out how to live well across cultural boundaries. I value intellectuals who refuse to flinch from hard questions, and his cosmopolitan curiosity makes his work genuinely worth reading.

Name (English)

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Name (Japanese)

クワメ・アンソニー・アッピア

Reading

くわめ・あんそにー・あっぴあ

Born

May 8, 1954 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Origin

Greater London, United Kingdom

Occupation

philosopher / university teacher / novelist / journalist / academic

University

Clare College

Awards & achievements

• 1993 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
• 2011 National Humanities Medal
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2012 honorary doctor of Harvard University
• 2007 Arthur Ross Book Award
• 2011 Freedom to Create Prize
• 1993 ASA Best Book Prize
• 2020 Philip L. Quinn Prize

• Official sitehttp://www.appiah.net/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame%20Anthony%20Appiah
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AF%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q572741

Tags

• philosopher
• university teacher
• novelist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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