James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards, given annually for outstanding works of fiction and biography.
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Target entity: James Tait Black Memorial Prize Context triple: [Salman Rushdie, awardReceived, James Tait Black Memorial Prize]
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A.
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor recognizing a living American author whose body of work exemplifies excellence and lasting significance in fiction.
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a prestigious American literary award given annually to an outstanding work of fiction by a U.S. author.
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Giller Prize
The Giller Prize is one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards, presented annually to recognize excellence in English-language fiction.
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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.
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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.
- 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)
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Target entity: James Tait Black Memorial Prize Target entity description: The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards, given annually for outstanding works of fiction and biography.
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A.
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor recognizing a living American author whose body of work exemplifies excellence and lasting significance in fiction.
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B.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a prestigious American literary award given annually to an outstanding work of fiction by a U.S. author.
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C.
Giller Prize
The Giller Prize is one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards, presented annually to recognize excellence in English-language fiction.
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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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literary award ⓘ |
| awardAmount | monetary prize ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
outstanding works of biography
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outstanding works of fiction ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field | literature ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Janet Coats Black ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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fiction ⓘ |
| hasAwardCategory |
Biography
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Drama ⓘ Fiction ⓘ |
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| inception | 1919 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Tait Black ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
one of the most prestigious literary awards in the United Kingdom
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one of the oldest literary awards in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.ed.ac.uk/events/james-tait-black ⓘ |
| organizer | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| partOf | British literary awards ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
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University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
assisted by postgraduate students
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judged by academics ⓘ |
| sponsor | bequest of Janet Coats Black ⓘ |
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