Editing John le Carré (section)

==Awards and honours==
* 1963, [[Crime Writers' Association|British Crime Writers' Association]] [[Gold Dagger]] for ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]''<ref name="CWA4">{{cite news |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/gold.html |publisher=[[Crime Writers' Association]]|title=The CWA Gold Dagger |date=5 July 2012 |access-date=8 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114091850/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/gold.html |archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref>
* 1964, [[Somerset Maugham Award]] for ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Society of Authors' Awards|date=8 May 2020 |url=https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Society-of-Authors-Awards/Somerset-Maugham/Past-winners|access-date=13 December 2020|publisher=[[Society of Authors]]|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001132050/https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Society-of-Authors-Awards/Somerset-Maugham/Past-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1965, [[Mystery Writers of America]] [[Edgar Award]] for ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold''<ref name="edgar"/>
* 1977, British Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for ''[[The Honourable Schoolboy]]''<ref name="CWA4"/>
* 1977, [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] Fiction Award for ''The Honourable Schoolboy''<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiction winners |url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/events/james-tait-black/winners/fiction |publisher=[[University of Edinburgh]] |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=4 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104135357/https://www.ed.ac.uk/events/james-tait-black/winners/fiction |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1983, [[Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize]] for ''[[The Little Drummer Girl]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=日本冒険小説協会大賞リスト |language=ja |trans-title=Japan Adventure Fiction Association Grand Prize List |url=http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~gaby/jafa/index2.html |website=jade.dti.ne.jp |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=28 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528094735/http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~gaby/jafa/index2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1984, [[Honorary Fellow]] [[Lincoln College, Oxford]]<ref name="debretts1"/>
* 1984, Mystery Writers of America Edgar Grand Master<ref name="edgar">{{cite news |url=http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |publisher=Mystery Writers of America |title=The Edgar Database |access-date=10 March 2013 |archive-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828005743/http://www.theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1988, Crime Writers' Association [[Diamond Dagger]] Lifetime Achievement Award<ref name="CWA2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/cartier.html |publisher=[[Crime Writers' Association]]|title=The Cartier Diamond Dagger |date=5 July 2012 |access-date=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203195758/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/cartier.html |archive-date= 3 December 2012 }}</ref>
* 1988, The [[Premio Malaparte|Malaparte Prize]], Italy<ref name="debretts1"/>
* 1990, Honorary degree, [[University of Exeter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exeter.ac.uk/honorarygraduates/previous/#DLitt|title=Previous honorary graduates|publisher=[[University of Exeter]]|access-date=6 March 2013|archive-date=21 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221083744/http://www.exeter.ac.uk/honorarygraduates/previous/#DLitt|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1990, [[Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award|Helmerich Award]] of the [[Tulsa City-County Library|Tulsa Library Trust]].<ref name="PVH">{{cite web |url=http://www.helmerichaward.org/winners/1990_john-le-carre.php |title=Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award |publisher=Tulsa Library Trust |year=1990 |access-date=11 February 2012 |archive-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224040737/http://www.helmerichaward.org/winners/1990_john-le-carre.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* 1996, Honorary degree, [[University of St. Andrews]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh|title=Honorary Graduates|publisher=[[St Andrews University]]|access-date=6 March 2013|archive-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413025746/https://docs.google.com/viewer?pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1997, Honorary degree, [[University of Southampton]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/aboutus/honorary_graduates/honorary_graduates_earlier_years.shtml |publisher=University of Southampton |title=Honorary Graduates of Earlier Years |access-date=6 March 2013 |archive-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207054346/http://www.southampton.ac.uk/aboutus/honorary_graduates/honorary_graduates_earlier_years.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1998, Honorary degree, [[University of Bath]]<ref name="BATHU">{{cite web|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/|title=Honorary Graduates 1989 to Present|work=bath.ac.uk|publisher=[[University of Bath]]|access-date=18 February 2012|archive-date=19 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219000643/http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2005, Crime Writers' Association ''[[Dagger of Daggers]]'' for ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold''<ref name="CWA3">{{cite news |url=http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/daggerofdaggers.html |publisher=[[Crime Writers' Association]]|title=John le Carré Wins the Dagger of Daggers |access-date=6 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502044154/http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/daggerofdaggers.html |archive-date=2 May 2013}}</ref>
* 2005, Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]], France<ref name="debretts1"/>
* 2008, honorary doctorate, [[University of Bern]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/index/Bern_University_honours_John_le_Carre.html?cid=7084692 |title=Bern University Honours John le Carré |date=6 December 2008 |publisher=Swiss Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=9 March 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203105940/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/index/Bern_University_honours_John_le_Carre.html?cid=7084692 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2011, [[Goethe Medal]], awarded by the [[Goethe Institute]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goethe.de/uun/gme/enindex.htm |title=The Goethe Medal – Award Recipients 1955–2012 |publisher=Goethe Institute |access-date=5 March 2013 |archive-date=26 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226223247/http://www.goethe.de/uun/gme/enindex.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Flood|first1=Alison|date=21 June 2011|title=Germany honours Le Carré with Goethe Medal|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/21/john-le-carre-goethe-medal|access-date=13 December 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809095139/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/21/john-le-carre-goethe-medal|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2012, Honorary degree of [[Doctor of Letters]], [[University of Oxford]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2012/120119.html |title=Oxford Announces Honorary Degrees for 2012 |date=19 January 2012 |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |access-date=5 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426092223/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2012/120119.html |archive-date=26 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2020, [[Olof Palme Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palmefonden.se/2019-david-cornwell-john-le-carre/ |title=2019 – David Cornwell/John le Carré |date=10 January 2020 |publisher=The Olof Palme Memorial Fund |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=20 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120133006/http://www.palmefonden.se/2019-david-cornwell-john-le-carre/ |url-status=live }}</ref> – le Carré donated the US$100,000 prize money to [[Médecins Sans Frontières]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Flood|first1=Alison|last2=Cain|first2=Sian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/10/john-le-carre-wins-100000-prize-for-contribution-to-democracy|title=John le Carré wins $100,000 prize for 'contribution to democracy'|date=10 January 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=31 May 2020|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607173442/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/10/john-le-carre-wins-100000-prize-for-contribution-to-democracy|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition in 2008, ''[[The Times]]'' ranked le Carré 22nd on its list of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945".<ref>{{cite news |title=The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 |work=[[The Times]] |date=5 January 2008 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/the-50-greatest-british-writers-since-1945-ws3g69xrf90 |access-date=24 July 2015 |archive-date=19 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119031921/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/books/article2452094.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>