Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
The NBCC welcomes nominations from members for the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. Named after the first president of the NBCC, the award is given annually to a person or institution---a writer, publisher, critic, or editor, among others---who has, over time, made significant contributions to book culture.
As you can tell from the list of recipients below, the award is truly ecumenical, seeking to recognize outstanding and longstanding work from any sector that affects a book and contributes to American arts and letters.
Please e-mail your nominations to Steven Kellman at membership@bookcritics.org. You must be a member of the NBCC to submit a name.
2011
Robert B. Silvers
2010
Dalkey Archive Press
2009
Joyce Carol Oates
2008
PEN American Center
2007
Emilie Buchwald
2006
John Leonard
2005
Bill Henderson
2004
Louis Rubin Jr.
2003
Studs Terkel
2002
Richard Howard
2001
Jason Epstein
2000
Barney Rosset
1999
Pauline Kael and Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1997
Leslie Fiedler
1996
Albert Murray
1995
Alfred Kazin and Elizabeth Hardwick
1994
William Maxwell
1992
Gregory Rabassa
1990
Donald Keene
1989
James Laughlin
1987
Robert Giroux
1984
Library of America
1982
Leslie A. Marchand
