John Dos Passos Prize
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The John Dos Passos Prize is a literary award recognizing American writers whose work demonstrates innovative, independent, and experimental contributions to contemporary fiction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Dos Passos Prize canonical | 1 |
| John Dos Passos Prize for Literature | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16231891 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Dos Passos Prize Context triple: [William Hoffman (novelist), awardReceived, John Dos Passos Prize]
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A.
PEN/Nabokov Award
The PEN/Nabokov Award is a literary prize honoring outstanding achievement in international writing, particularly fiction that embodies the artistic legacy and global perspective associated with Vladimir Nabokov.
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B.
PEN/Hemingway Award
The PEN/Hemingway Award is a prestigious American literary prize honoring an outstanding debut work of fiction by an author.
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C.
PEN/Malamud Award
The PEN/Malamud Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented annually to honor excellence in the art of the short story.
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D.
William Dean Howells Medal
The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
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PEN/Edward Bunker Prize for Fiction
The PEN/Edward Bunker Prize for Fiction is a literary award presented by PEN America that honors outstanding fiction, often recognizing work that reflects the spirit and legacy of crime writer and former convict Edward Bunker.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Dos Passos Prize Target entity description: The John Dos Passos Prize is a literary award recognizing American writers whose work demonstrates innovative, independent, and experimental contributions to contemporary fiction.
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A.
PEN/Nabokov Award
The PEN/Nabokov Award is a literary prize honoring outstanding achievement in international writing, particularly fiction that embodies the artistic legacy and global perspective associated with Vladimir Nabokov.
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B.
PEN/Hemingway Award
The PEN/Hemingway Award is a prestigious American literary prize honoring an outstanding debut work of fiction by an author.
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C.
PEN/Malamud Award
The PEN/Malamud Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented annually to honor excellence in the art of the short story.
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D.
William Dean Howells Medal
The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
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E.
PEN/Edward Bunker Prize for Fiction
The PEN/Edward Bunker Prize for Fiction is a literary award presented by PEN America that honors outstanding fiction, often recognizing work that reflects the spirit and legacy of crime writer and former convict Edward Bunker.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
William Hoffman
linked to: John Dos Passos Prize