Barack Obama Won The Nobel Peace Prize In 2009

Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama's 1995 memoir, is widely recognized as one of the best memoirs ever written by an American politician. The shortened audiobook version of the book won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 2006. The memoir also won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction, the following year. President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 "for his outstanding efforts to improve international diplomacy and people-to-people cooperation."

He was the fourth president of the United States to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and the third to do so while in office. In 2013, Obama was awarded the Israeli President's Medal of Distinction, the country's highest civil honor. In 2017, Obama was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest award that is presented by the Secretary of Defense. In the same year, he also received the Profile in Courage Award, presented by John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.

Even before his inauguration, Barack Obama became a key figure in American history as the first African-American elected President of the United States. But, after winning a second His accomplishments in office have elevated him to one of the century's most transformative leaders. He inherited a country in jeopardy and guided it through the Great Recession, two wars, civil unrest, a spate of mass shootings, and shifting demographics. He campaigned for change during his 2008 campaign, and eight years later, we live in a more prosperous country as a result.