Editing A. E. van Vogt (section)

==Recognition==
In 1946, van Vogt and his first wife, [[Edna Mayne Hull]], were Guests of Honor at the fourth [[World Science Fiction Convention]].<ref name="Beetz1996">{{cite book|first=Kirk H. |last=Beetz|title=Encyclopedia of popular fiction|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=Mn4YAAAAIAAJ}}|year=1996|publisher=Beacham Pub.|isbn=978-0-933833-38-8}}</ref>

In 1980, van Vogt received a "Casper Award" (precursor to the Canadian [[Prix Aurora Awards]]) for Lifetime Achievement.<ref>{{cite web | last=Mullin | first=Dennis | date=October 27, 2007 | url=http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora/hist_dat.html | title=Prix AURORA Awards | publisher=Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association | access-date=May 2, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509122152/http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora/hist_dat.html | archive-date=May 9, 2008 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=SFAwards/>

The [[Science Fiction Writers of America]] (SFWA) named him its 14th [[SFWA Grand Master|Grand Master]] in 1995 (presented 1996).<ref name="SFWA" /> Great controversy within SFWA accompanied its long wait in bestowing its highest honor (limited to living writers, no more than one annually<ref name="SFWA" />). Writing an obituary of van Vogt, [[Robert J. Sawyer]], a fellow Canadian writer of science fiction, remarked:

{{blockquote|There was no doubt that van Vogt should have received this honor much earlier—the injustice of him being overlooked, at least in part because of damnable SFWA politics, had so incensed [[Harlan Ellison]], a man with an impeccable moral compass, that he'd lobbied hard on the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci-Fi Channel]] and elsewhere on van Vogt's behalf.<ref>[[Robert J. Sawyer|Sawyer, Robert J.]] [http://www.sfwriter.com/vanvogt.htm "Remembering A. E. van Vogt"]. Retrieved August 31, 2010.</ref>}}

It is generally held that a key factor in the delay was "damnable SFWA politics" reflecting the concerns of Damon Knight, the founder of the SFWA, who abhorred van Vogt's style and politics and thoroughly demolished his literary reputation in the 1950s.<ref>[[David Hartwell|Hartwell, David]]: "The Way We Were: A. E. van Vogt, 1912-2000", ''[[The New York Review of Science Fiction]]'', March 2000, Number 139, Vol. 12, No. 7, page 24.</ref>

Harlan Ellison was more explicit in 1999 introduction to ''Futures Past: The Best Short Fiction of A. E. van Vogt'':<ref name="harlan"/>

{{blockquote|[A]t least I was able to make enough noise to get Van the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Award, which was presented to him in full ceremony during one of the last moments when he was cogent and clearheaded enough to understand that finally, at last, dragged kicking and screaming to honor him, the generation that learned from what he did and what he had created had, at last, 'fessed up to his importance.

... were the same ones who assured me that Van would never get the Grand Master until Damon Knight had gotten it first, because Damon had loathed Van's work and had, in fact written the essay that ridiculed Van and held him up to opprobrium for decades thereafter, and Damon having founded SFWA it would be an affront to him if Van got it first. Well, I don't know if that's true or not, though it was common coin in the field for years; but Damon got the Grand Master award in 1994. And Van got it in 1995.{{efn|The award was presented to Knight and van Vogt in 1995 and 1996 respectively, the years following selection. It is restricted to living authors, no more than one annually. It was renamed the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master (Award) after Knight's death in 2002.<ref name=SFWA/>}} As they say during sweeps week on television: coincidence or conspiracy?}}

In 1996, van Vogt received a Special Award from the [[World Science Fiction Convention]] "for six decades of golden age science fiction".<ref name=SFAwards/> That same year, the [[EMP Museum#Science Fiction Hall of Fame|Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame]] inducted him in its inaugural class of two deceased and two living persons, along with writer [[Jack Williamson]] (also living) and editors [[Hugo Gernsback]] and [[John W. Campbell]].<ref name=sfhof-old/>

The works of van Vogt were translated into [[French language|French]] by the surrealist [[Boris Vian]] (''The World of Null-A'' as ''Le Monde des Å'' in 1958), and van Vogt's works were "viewed as great literature of the [[Surrealism|surrealist school]]".<ref>[[Ian Watson (author)|Watson, Ian]] (1999), "Science Fiction, Surrealism, and Shamanism", ''The New York Review of Science Fiction'', June 1999, Number 130, Vol. 11, No. 10, page 9.</ref> In addition, ''Slan'' was published in French, translated by Jean Rosenthal, under the title ''À la poursuite des Slans'', as part of the paperback series 'Editions J'ai Lu: Romans-Texte Integral' in 1973. This edition also listing the following works by van Vogt as having been published in French as part of this series: ''Le Monde des Å'', ''La faune de l'espace'', ''Les joueurs du Å'', ''L'empire de l'atome'', ''Le sorcier de Linn'', ''Les armureries d'Isher'', ''Les fabricants d'armes'', and ''Le livre de Ptath''.<ref>''À la poursuite des Slans'', A. E. Van Vogt, Editions J'ai Lu, 31, rue de Tournon, Paris-VIe, 1973</ref> Van Vogt's last novel, 1985's ''To Conquer Kiber'', has only been released in French (as ''À la conquête de Kiber''.)