The London Book Fair has announced that the tenth annual Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing, will be awarded to Michael Krüger, CEO of Hanser Verlag.
Michael, who began working at Hanser in 1968, is credited with making the publishing house one of the most important literary groups in Germany.
Hanser has published an impressive 16 literary Nobel Prize winners. Of these, Michael is the editor of Milosz, Eugenio Montale, Brodsky, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, Elias Canetti, Thomas Tranströmer and Herta Müller. Michael's impeccable list of award-winning English language writers (both fiction and non-fiction) includes Barack Obama, Philip Roth, Susan Sontag, Michael Ondaatje, Lisa Moore, Nik Cohn, Michael Frayn, Colm Toíbín, Edmund de Waal, Philipp Blom and Robert Harrison.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognises an individual who has made a truly significant mark in the sphere of global publishing. It is open to publishers, agents, editors, scouts and anyone else involved in international publishing from any country in the world. The award is judged by The London Book Fair Advisory Board, made up of senior figures in the international publishing industry, under the inaugural chairmanship of David Roche, Non-Executive Chair, The London Book Fair.
The London Book Fair's Advisory Board voted on Michael Krüger after debating the merits of a shortlist of international publishing figures.
