Lion of St. Mark (award) explained

The Lion of St. Mark is an award given each year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for a lifetime of services to creativity in communications.

It was instituted in 2011. The trophy is modelled on the lion statue in St Mark's Square, Venice, where the first Cannes Lions festival was held in 1954.^[1]

Winners

• 2011, Sir John Hegarty^[2]
• 2012, Dan Wieden^[3]
• 2013, Lee Clow^[4]
• 2014, Joe Pytka^[5]
• 2015, Bob Greenberg^[6]
• 2016, Marcello Serpa^[7]
• 2017, David Droga^[8]
• 2018, Piyush Pandey and Prasoon Pandey^[9]
• 2019, Rich Silverstein & Jeff Goodby
• 2020, Mary Wells Lawrence

Notes and References

1. Web site: The History of Advertising 20 - A Cannes Lion. Campaignlive.co.uk. 13 December 2017.
2. Web site: Cannes Lions honours Sir John Hegarty for services to advertising. Campaignlive.co.uk. 13 December 2017.
3. Web site: Video: Dan Wieden Collecting his Lion of St. Mark. Cannes International Festival of Creativity.
4. News: Cannes Grants Lee Clow 2013 Lion of St. Mark .
5. Web site: Joe Pytka to collect Lion of St Mark at Cannes. Campaignlive.co.uk. 13 December 2017.
6. Web site: Cannes Honors R/GA's Bob Greenberg With 2015 Lion of St. Mark. Adweek.com. 13 December 2017.
7. Web site: Cannes Lions 2016: 'The language has to be local'. Marcello Serpa. Campaignindia.com. 13 December 2017.
8. Web site: David Droga Will Receive the Cannes Lions' Lifetime Achievement Award, the Lion of St. Mark. Adweek.com. 13 December 2017.
9. Web site: Cannes to honour Ogilvy's Piyush and Prasoon Pandey with lifetime achievement award. Saumya. Tewari. 13 December 2017. Livemint.com. 13 December 2017.