The Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognizes outstanding scholar-teachers who have made sustained contributions to narrative studies over the course of their careers.

2021 — Jim Phelan Jim Phelan will be presented with the award at the online conference in 2021.
2020 — Susan Lanser Susan Lanser will be presented with the award at the 2020 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2019 — Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan will be presented with the award at the 2019 Conference in Pamplona, Spain.
2018 — Mieke Bal Mieke Bal will be presented with the award at the 2018 Conference in Montreal.
2017 — Marie-Laure Ryan Marie-Laure Ryan was presented with the award at the 2017 Conference in Lexington, Kentucky.
2016 — Lubomir Dolezel Lubomir Dolezel was presented with the award at the 2016 Conference in Amsterdam.
2015 — Tzvetan Todorov Tzvetan Todorov was presented with the award at the 2015 Conference in Chicago.
2014 — Hayden White Richard Walsh presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Hayden White at the 2014 Conference at MIT.
2013 — Gerald Prince Hilary Dannenberg presented the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award to Gerald Prince.
2012 — Seymour Chatman Dorothy Hale presented the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award to Seymour Chatman.
2011 — Dorrit Cohn Irene Kacandes presented the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award to Dorrit Cohn.
2010 — Susan Stanford Friedman Suzanne Keen presented the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award to former president of the Narrative Society, Susan Stanford Friedman.
2008 — Gérard Genette Gerald Prince presented the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award to outstanding narratologist Gérard Genette.
2006 Inaugural Prize — Wayne C. Booth The International Society for the Study of Narrative bestowed its first Lifetime Achievement Award on Wayne C. Booth. Presented by Peter Rabinowitz.