The former US president has won two Grammys for the audio versions of his memoirs.
The former US president Barack Obama he was awarded an Emmy for his narration in his documentary series Netflix “Our great national parks,” the American Television Academy announced yesterday Saturday.
The awards ceremony will take place on September 13.
Another US president has received AmyThe Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, but it was an honorary award.
After leaving the US presidency in 2017, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have written books of their memoirs. At the same time, in addition to their foundation, they created a production company that signed a contract with Netflix estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars.
Their company’s first documentary, “American Factory,” won an Oscar for best documentary and an Emmy for best director of a documentary, but those awards went to its creators, not Obama.
In addition, the former US president has won two Grammys for the audio versions of his memoirs: “The Audacity of Hope” and “Dreams from my Father”.
Barack Obama was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after his election to the US presidency in 2008 for “his outstanding efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and the cooperation of peoples”.
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