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Isabel Allende and Sir Don McCullin CBE to be awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal

The Bodley Medal is the Bodleian Libraries’ highest honour, awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the worlds of books and literature, libraries, media and communications, science, and philanthropy. First presented in 2002, previous recipients have included PD James and Sir Tim Berners-Lee (2002), Dame Hilary Mantel (2013), Professor Mary Beard (2016), Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (2019), Zadie Smith (2022), Colm Tóibín (2023), and most recently Philip Pullman (2024).

Read more about the honorees here.