Lifetime Achievement Award

Celebrating publishing excellence

The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrates an individual’s career dedication to breaking down borders in international publishing. The award is open to all members of the publishing industry, from publishers to agents, rights directors to editors, is judged by The London Book Fair advisory board and presented during a special ceremony during the fair.

Congratulations to Jorge Herralde - Lifetime Achievement Award winner 2012

The London Book Fair is pleased to announce that the ninth annual Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing, in association with the Publishers Association, will be awarded to Jorge Herralde, proprietor and director of Editorial Anagrama.
Jorge is widely considered to be one of the best literary publishers in the Hispanic world.

Previous winners include:
2011: Sonny Mehta

Sonny Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Alfred A Knopf Publishers

2010: Antoine Gallimard

Antoine Gallimard, Editions Gallimard
2009: Drenka Willen

Drenka Willen, Harcourt

2008: Peter Mayer

Peter Mayer, Overlook Press and Duckworth
2007: Lord Weidenfeld

Lord Weidenfeld, Weidenfeld & Nicholson

2006: Christopher MacLehose

Christopher MacLehose, Publisher
2005: Lynette Owen

Lynette Owen, Pearson Education UK