List of awards and nominations received by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American playwright, composer, and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda. <onlyinclude>Among his numerous accolades, Miranda has won a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, three Grammys, two Emmys, and two Olivier Awards and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. In 2015, he was the recipient of a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program. In 2016, "Time" magazine included Miranda in its annual "Time 100" as one of the "Most Influential People in the World" and he received  a star on the Puerto Rico Walk of Fame. Miranda received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 30, 2018. In December 2018, he received the Kennedy Center Honors for creating "Hamilton".</onlyinclude> Other awards. MacArthur Fellowship. The MacArthur Fellowship, or "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States. It is  a "no strings attached" award and MacArthur fellows each receive a stipend of $625,000, paid out over five years in quarterly installments. The Fellows program began in 1981 and to date has included 942 people from a variety of disciplines in the arts and sciences. In 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda, along with 23 other individuals, was named as a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship. He was recognized for "reimagining American musical theater in works that fuse traditional storytelling with contemporary musical styles and voices", namely his musicals "In the Heights" and "Hamilton". List of awards and nominations received by