YS Chi Wins London Book Fair Lifetime Award

Feb 21, 2024

The London Book Fair has announced that YoungSuk "YS" Chi, chairman of Elsevier and the Association of American Publishers, is the winner of its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Award recognizes individuals who have "made a truly significant mark in the sphere of the global book world" and "is open to publishers, agents, editors, scouts, booksellers and anyone else involved in the international book industry from any country in the world." Previous winners include Klaus Flugge, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Margaret Busby, and Nigel Newton.

Chi will speak on the Main Stage of the London Book Fair on March 12 on the panel called Exploring the Ever-Evolving World of Publishing: Global Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities, alongside Karine Gonçalves Pansa, president of the International Publishers Association; Ricardo Franco Levi, president of the Federation of European Publishers; Lawrence Njagi, president of the African Publishers Network; and Edward Nawotka, senior international bookselling editor at Publishers Weekly. 

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