Literarian Award For Outstanding Service (lifetime)
The Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Foundation annually from 2005. It recognizes "an individual for outstanding service to the American literary community, whose life and work exemplify the goals of the National Book Foundation to expand the audience for literature and to enhance the cultural value of literature in America."
- 2005: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- 2006: Robert B. Silvers and Barbara Epstein
- 2007: Terry Gross
- 2008: Barney Rosset
- 2009: Dave Eggers
- 2010: Joan Ganz Cooney
- 2011: Mitchell Kaplan
- 2012: Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
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