 In May 2011 the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) awarded Lamming the first Caribbean Hibiscus Award in acknowledgement of his lifetime's work.In 2014, he won a Lifetime Achievement Prize from the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.George Lamming Primary School, located at Flint Hall, St Michael, was named in his honour and opened on 2 September 2008.