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Hiroshi Hayakawa receives
The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2022
London, 1st April 2022. The London Book Fair has today announced Hiroshi Hayakawa, President ofJapanese publisher Hayakawa Publishing, as the recipient of the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award2022.

Hiroshi Hayakawa is a leading light of Japanese publishing, having worked at independent family
publisher Hayakawa Publishing Japan since 1965. Early in his career, as Vice President of the company,
he managed foreign rights, acquiring a number of modern classics, including The Godfather, Jaws,Flowers for Algernon and Early Autumn. Upon becoming President, he brought a number of seminal
titles to the Japanese market, including A Brief History of Time, Jurassic Park, Thinking Fast and Slow
and The Remains of the Day. Over his thirty years as President, he has maintained Hayakawa
Publishing’s prestigious literary fiction lists, while also being a vocal advocate for science fiction,
mysteries and non-fiction titles, with his dedication to crime fiction earning him the Mystery Writersof America’s Ellery Queen Award in 1998.
Hiroshi Hayakawa, President of Hayakawa Publishing Japan said: “I was most surprised and deeply
honoured by the London Book Fair’s consideration. My selection for such a prestigious award is very
humbling, especially when I look at the All Star list of prior recipients. This honour is not mine alone, itbelongs to all the members of Hayakawa Publishing who have supported me all these years. I do lookforward to being able to visit London before too long.”
Andy Ventris, Director at The London Book Fair said: “We are delighted to name Hiroshi Hayakawa
as the recipient of this year’s London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award, joining the illustrious
alumni who have won this award since its inception nearly twenty years ago. For decades, Hiroshi has
been a cornerstone of international publishing, bringing stories and voices from around the world toJapanese readers. His passion for the written word, and his championing of genre titles in particular,
has changed the literary landscape of Japan and helped build the prestige of many of the mostcelebrated authors of our day.”David Roche, Non-Executive Chairman, The London Book Fair commented: "The London Book Fair
International Lifetime Achievement Award recognises an individual who has made a truly significant
mark in the sphere of global publishing and has been awarded to a stellar list of winners since its
inception. I am proud to chair the 2022 judging panel who have selected Hiroshi Hayakawa to be its

latest recipient. Hiroshi stands proudly as a conductor, masterfully directing access to the complex
Japanese market for the greatest international authors. He has facilitated stories from around theworld in his 57 years at Hayakawa Publishing and 30 years as its president, and we are delighted tohonour him in 2022."
The Lifetime Achievement Award committee selected Hiroshi Hayakawa from a shortlist of leadinginternational publishing figures.
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognises an individual who has made a truly significant mark inthe 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.
PREVIOUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS:
2021 – Margaret Busby, Allison & Busby, UK
2020 – Nigel Newton, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK
2019 - Dorotea Bromberg, Brombergs Bokförlag, Sweden
2018 - Sara Miller McCune, Sage Publishing, US
2017 - Luiz Schwarcz, Companhia das Letras, Brazil
2016 - Gail, Baroness Rebuck DBE, Penguin Random House, UK2015 - Peter Usborne, Usborne, UK2014 - Deborah Rogers, Rogers, Coleridge & White, UK
2013 - Michael Krüger, Hanser Verlag, Germany
2012 - Jorge Herralde, Editions Anagrama, Spain
2011 - Sonny Mehta, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., US2010 - Antoine Gallimard, Éditions Gallimard, France
2009 - Drenka Willen, Harcourt, USA2008 - Peter Mayer, Overlook Press and Duckworth, UK & USA
2007 - Lord Weidenfeld, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK
2006 - Christopher MacLehose, MacLehose Press, UK
2005 - Lynette Owen, Pearson Education, UK
2004 - John Lyons, Little, Brown, UK & USA
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Notes to editors:
More praise for Hiroshi Hayakawa:
Koukla Maclehose, Partner at London Literary Scouting said: “I have known Hiroshi Hayakawa since
my days of selling rights for Flammarion in the 1980s. In 1983 I visited the company he founded inTokyo. He was always interested in publishing authors from all over the world and was amazingly
successful selling them. He managed to remain independent into the XXIst century and convinced hisson to follow him in his footsteps. There is no more worthy recipient of the London Bookfair LifetimeAchievement Award to recompense a life dedicated to bringing authors of all horizons and languages
to Japanese readers.”
Peter Strauss, Managing Director at RCW Literary Agency said: “At his independent familyowned company Hiroshi Hayakawa has played a supremely important role in introducing
Japanese readers to a whole range of translated fiction and non-fiction for half a century. Overthat time he has built up an extraordinary catalogue of extremely wide -ranging and brilliant
writing. He publishes with great care and attention and has created many bestsellers. He
thoroughly deserves this award.”
Sam Edenborough, Director at Greyhound Literary commented: “I am so happy to see Hiroshi
Hayakawa's immense achievements recognised in this way. His career is an inspiring one andI am sure that his many publishing friends and admirers around the world will be as delighted
by him winning this award as I am.”Isobel Dixon, Managing Director and Head of Books at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency said: “It’sa pleasure to see the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award go to Hiroshi Hayakawa this year, celebrating
his pivotal role in bringing a great breadth of important translated fiction and non-fiction to Japanesereaders over many decades. An independent publisher of long standing, willing to take risks with newvoices from around the world, across a wide range of genres, his commitment to excellent writing,and to publishing with excellence, is admirable. His advocacy for the sheer pleasure of reading andenthusiasm for making great stories more widely accessible – from crime and science fiction throughto literary prize winners and non-fiction – is inspiring. I’m glad to see London Book Fair celebratingthat dedication to cultural exchange through consistent, quality publishing with the Lifetime
Achievement Award now.”

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