The Gandalf Grand Master Award for life achievement in fantasy writing was awarded every year from 1974 to 1981. The inaugural winner was J. R. R. Tolkien, recently deceased (1973).
The next four Grand Masters were all members of the SAGA: Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Andre Norton, and Poul Anderson. The last three were Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, and C. L. Moore.
- 1974 - J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1975 - Fritz Leiber
- 1976 - L. Sprague de Camp
- 1977 - Andre Norton
- 1978 - Poul Anderson
- 1979 - Ursula K. Le Guin
- 1980 - Ray Bradbury
- 1981 - C. L. Moore
There was no ballot in 1981. All other winners since Tolkien were among the five or six finalists one year earlier. Others who appeared on the ballot were C.S. Lewis, Jack Vance, Roger Zelazny, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Anne McCaffrey, and Patricia McKillip.
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