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The Grand Master Award (Officially called the "Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award") is given occasionally by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.

The first Grand Master was Robert A. Heinlein, who was granted the honor in 1974.

List of winners

SFWA Grand Masters
1974	Robert A. Heinlein
1975	Jack Williamson
1976	Clifford D. Simak
1978	L. Sprague de Camp
1981	Fritz Leiber
1983	Andre Norton
1985	Arthur C. Clarke
1986	Isaac Asimov
1987	Alfred Bester
1988	Ray Bradbury
1990	Lester del Rey
1992	Frederik Pohl
1994	Damon Knight
1995	A. E. van Vogt
1996	Jack Vance
1997	Poul Anderson
1998	Hal Clement
1999	Brian W. Aldiss
2000	Philip José Farmer
2003	Ursula K. Le Guin
2004	Robert Silverberg
2005	Anne McCaffrey
2006	Harlan Ellison
2007	James Gunn

External links

• Official site