The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is awarded periodically at the Academy Awards ceremonies to "Creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production." The award is named for Irving Thalberg, legendary head of the Production Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who developed the company's reputation for sophisticated films.
Recipients of the Thalberg Award include:
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April 22 - Robert Oppenheimer, physicist (+ 1967)
May 6 - Harry Martinson, swedish author, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature
May 11 - Salvador Dalí, ...