FILE - Paul Simon performs at Global Citizen Live in Central Park in New York on Sept. 25, 2021. Simon's latest honor places him among public figures well outside the music industry. He is this year's winner of PEN America's PEN/Audible Literary Service Award, Thursday, March 7, 2024, which previously has been given to former President Barack Obama, the late Nobel laureate Toni Morrison and Stephen King among others.(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) 092521127293, 21334631, FILE PHOTO
