2024 Library Lions

Each year, The New York Public Library honors several distinguished individuals for outstanding achievements in their respective fields of arts, culture, letters and scholarship by naming them Library Lions. Previous honorees include Margaret Atwood, Ina Garten, Jhumpa Lahiri, President Nelson Mandela, Steve Martin, Zadie Smith, Steven Spielberg, Gloria Steinem, Darren Walker, Oprah Winfrey, and many more.

We invite you to join us on Monday, November 4, when we will induct our next class of distinguished Lions—visionary film director Spike Lee, distinguished biographer and historian Jon Meacham, trailblazing playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, and acclaimed author Amy Tan. The full roster of 2024 Lions will be announced soon.
 
For more information on the 2024 Library Lions Gala, please visit our website. If you have any questions, please contact us at 212.930.0019 or librarylions@nypl.org.