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== Literarian Award for Outstanding Service (lifetime){{anchor|Literarian Award}} == 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."<ref name=literarian2005><!-- literarian.html is nominally general but features the current award and provides no general information-->National Book Foundation: Awards: [http://www.nationalbook.org/literarian_2005.html "Literarian Award β 2005"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015113930/http://nationalbook.org/literarian_2005.html |date=2011-10-15 }}. Retrieved before 2011-10.</ref> *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.]]<ref name=nyt2012>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/us/louise-erdrichs-novel-the-round-house-wins-national-book-award.html |title=Novel About Racial Injustice Wins National Book Award |newspaper=The New York Times |author=Leslie Kaufman |date=November 14, 2012 |access-date=2012-11-15 |archive-date=2021-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614153315/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/us/louise-erdrichs-novel-the-round-house-wins-national-book-award.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *2013: [[Maya Angelou]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Literarian Award, 2013 |url=http://www.nationalbook.org/literarian.html |access-date=2014-01-04 |archive-date=2015-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128003702/http://www.nationalbook.org/literarian.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *2014: [[Kyle Zimmer (First Book)|Kyle Zimmer]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/literacy-advocate-kyle-zimmer-receive-honorary-national-book-155248052.html |title=Literacy advocate Kyle Zimmer to receive honorary National Book Award |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] |agency=Associated Press |date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=2014-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140903224844/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/literacy-advocate-kyle-zimmer-receive-honorary-national-book-155248052.html |archive-date=September 3, 2014 }}</ref> *2015: [[James Patterson]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Literarian Award, 2015|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/literarian.html|publisher=National Book Foundation|access-date=November 20, 2015|archive-date=November 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128003702/http://www.nationalbook.org/literarian.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *2016: [[Cave Canem Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cavecanempoets.org/cave-canem-awarded-the-2016-literarian-award-from-the-national-book-foundation/|title=Cave Canem Β» Blog Archive Β» Cave Canem Awarded the 2016 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation|website=cavecanempoets.org|access-date=27 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033519/http://cavecanempoets.org/cave-canem-awarded-the-2016-literarian-award-from-the-national-book-foundation/|url-status=live}}</ref> *2017: [[Richard Robinson (chief executive)|Richard Robinson]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/books/richard-robinson-scholastic-literarian-award.html|title=Richard Robinson of Scholastic Honored for Lifetime of Work in Children's Publishing|last=Williams|first=John|date=2017-09-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607042645/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/books/richard-robinson-scholastic-literarian-award.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *2018: [[Doron Weber]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/c08199bb14c24e288dd9ccc4e195a26f|title=Sloan Foundation programmer to receive honorary book award|last=Italie|first=Hillel|date=2018-09-18|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-01-03|archive-date=2019-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104021506/https://apnews.com/c08199bb14c24e288dd9ccc4e195a26f|url-status=live}}</ref> *2019: Oren J. Teicher<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/nbf-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-2019/|title=NBF to honor Oren Teicher with lifetime achievement award|date=2019-09-09|website=National Book Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-13|archive-date=2019-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009002651/https://www.nationalbook.org/nbf-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref> *2020: [[Carolyn Reidy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-foundation-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-carolyn-reidy/|title=National Book Foundation to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Carolyn Reidy|website=National Book Foundation|date=7 September 2020|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-date=2020-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925102054/https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-foundation-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-carolyn-reidy/|url-status=live}}</ref> *2021: [[Nancy Pearl]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-foundation-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-nancy-pearl/|title=National Book Foundation to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Nancy Pearl|website=National Book Foundation|date=7 September 2021|access-date=2021-09-10|archive-date=2021-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909162018/https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-foundation-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-nancy-pearl/|url-status=live}}</ref> *2022: [[Tracie D. Hall]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-09-07 |title=ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall Receives Literarian Award from National Book Foundation |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/09/ala-executive-director-tracie-d-hall-receives-literarian-award-national-book |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=News and Press Center |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204052655/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/09/ala-executive-director-tracie-d-hall-receives-literarian-award-national-book |url-status=live }}</ref> *2023: Paul Yamazaki<ref>{{cite news |last1=McMurtrie |first1=John |title=The quintessential California bookseller behind City Lights gets his moment |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-09-06/the-quintessential-california-bookseller-behind-city-lights-gets-his-moment |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=6 September 2023}}</ref>
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