Past Awards Dinner Honorees
Literary Award
Los Angeles Public Library
- 2022 A. Scott Berg
- 2020 Billy Collins
- 2018 George Saunders
- 2016 Ann Patchett
- 2014 Junot Díaz
- 2012 Salman Rushdie
- 2011 Walter Mosley
- 2010 Stephen King
- 2009 Tom Brokaw
- 2008 Larry McMurtry
- 2007 Tony Kushner
- 2006 Norman Mailer
- 2005 Harper Lee
- 2004 Susan Sontag
- 2003 August Wilson
- 2002 David McCullough
- 2001 Carlos Fuentes
- 2000 Doris Kearns Goodwin
- 1999 John Updike
- 1998 Seamus Heaney
- 1997 Louise Erdrich
- 1996 E.L. Doctorow
Light of Learning Award
Library Foundation of Los Angeles
- 2022 Amanda and Shepard Fairey
- 2020 Marna Schnabel
- 2018 Betsy Applebaum
- 2016 Joan Hotchkis
- 2014 Judith Krantz
- 2012 Sharon and Nelson Rising
- 2010 The Ahmanson Foundation
- 2009 Veronique Peck
- 2008 John F. Cooke
- 2007 Nancy Harahan
- 2006 Evelyn Hoffman
- 2005 Lodwrick M. Cook
- 2004 Caroline W. Singleton
- 2003 Wallis Annenberg
- 2002 Joni Smith
- 2001 Mark Taper Foundation
- 2000 Mayor Richard J. Riordan and Nancy Daly Riordan
- 1999 Gary Ross
- 1998 Flora Thornton
- 1997 The J. Paul Getty Trust
- 1996 Gregory Peck
Corporate Philanthropy Award
Library Foundation of Los Angeles
- 2009 Union Bank
- 2008 Wachovia
- 2007 AT&T
- 2006 Wells Fargo
- 2005 City National Bank
- 2004 The Boeing Company
- 2003 Company Founder Jon Lovelace, on behalf of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
- 2002 Farmers Insurance Group
- 2001 Bank of America
- 2000 Sanwa Bank California (United California Bank)
- 1999 GTE (Verizon)
- 1998 United Airlines
- 1997 Universal Studios
- 1996 The Times Mirror Company
Publishers Award
Los Angeles Public Library
- 2009 Larry Kirshbaum
