The Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 1981, is an annual literary award presented by the National Book Critics Circle in honor of its first president, Ivan Sandrof. The award "is given to a person or institution who has, over time, made significant contributions to book culture." The Sandrof Award has also been presented as the "Ivan Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publishing" and the "Ivan Sandrof Award, Contribution to American Arts & Letters."
Recipients +Sandrof Award winnersYearRecipientRef.19821983none19841985none1986none19871988none198919901991none19921993none19941995199619971998none199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Dalkey Archive Press2011201220132014201520162017201820192020 at the City University of New York20212022202320242025
In 2021, the Sandrof Award was divided into two separate awards. The Sandrof Award continued to be given to a person for a contribution to book culture, while the Toni Morrison Achievement Award was given to an organization that met the same criteria.
The winners to date:
2021 Cave Canem 2022 City Lights 2023 American Library Association 2024 Third World Press
See also John Leonard Prize National Book Critics Circle Awards National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
References
External links Official website