Los Angeles Times Book Prize

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literary award

The Los Angeles Times Book Prize is a prestigious American literary award that honors outstanding books and authors across multiple genres each year.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Los Angeles Times Book Prize canonical	7
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction	4
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History	4
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry	2
L.A. Times Book Prize	1
LA Times Book Prize	1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (for "Galileo's Daughter")	1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction	1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction	1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics	1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller	1
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2537694 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Context triple: [Stacy Schiff, awardReceived, Los Angeles Times Book Prize]

A. Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest
The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest is a literary award recognizing outstanding nonfiction books that engage with timely social, political, or cultural issues.
B. National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented annually by book critics to honor outstanding writing in various genres.
C. Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
The Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor awarded annually by the U.S. Library of Congress to recognize a writer’s lifetime achievement and significant contribution to American fiction.
D. Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography
The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography is a prestigious literary award honoring outstanding biographical works published in the United States.
E. American Book Award
The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Target entity description: The Los Angeles Times Book Prize is a prestigious American literary award that honors outstanding books and authors across multiple genres each year.

A. Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest
The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest is a literary award recognizing outstanding nonfiction books that engage with timely social, political, or cultural issues.
B. National Book Critics Circle Award
The National Book Critics Circle Award is a prestigious American literary prize presented annually by book critics to honor outstanding writing in various genres.
C. Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
The Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor awarded annually by the U.S. Library of Congress to recognize a writer’s lifetime achievement and significant contribution to American fiction.
D. Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography
The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography is a prestigious literary award honoring outstanding biographical works published in the United States.
E. American Book Award
The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ
announcementTime	during Los Angeles Times Festival of Books ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in writing ⓘ
awardFor	literary excellence ⓘ outstanding books ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	books published in the previous calendar year ⓘ primarily works available in the United States ⓘ
eventAssociation	Los Angeles Times Festival of Books ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genreCoverage	biography ⓘ fiction ⓘ first fiction ⓘ history ⓘ mystery and thriller ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ science and technology ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ
hasCategory	biography ⓘ fiction ⓘ history ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ
hasPart	Los Angeles Times Book Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography ⓘ Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest ⓘ Los Angeles Times Book Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction Los Angeles Times Book Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction Los Angeles Times Book Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History ⓘ Los Angeles Times Book Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller Los Angeles Times Book Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology ⓘ Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/bookprizes ⓘ
inception	1980 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Los Angeles ⓘ
namedAfter	Los Angeles Times ⓘ
notableFor	prestige in American literary community ⓘ recognizing multiple literary genres ⓘ
organizer	Los Angeles Times ⓘ
presentedBy	Los Angeles Times ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by panels of writers and critics ⓘ
sponsor	Los Angeles Times ⓘ
typeOfAward	book prize ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stacy Schiff → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

Tracy Kidder → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: L.A. Times Book Prize

James Welch → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction

Ron Chernow → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

Frans de Waal → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

Dava Sobel → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize (for "Galileo's Daughter")

The Empire of Necessity → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History

Beverly Gage → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology → partOf → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest → relatedTo → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History

Judith Thurman → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

Orlando Figes → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History

Geoffrey R. Stone → awardReceived → Los Angeles Times Book Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History