The
Gandalf Grand Master Award for life achievement in
fantasy writing was awarded annually by the
World Science Fiction Society from
1974 to
1980. Recipients were selected by the vote of society members.
The award was named after Gandalf the wizard, who appears in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien; Tolkien was the inaugural recipient of the award.
Recipients
In 1978 and 1979, a Gandalf Award for Book-Length Fantasy was also awarded.
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