Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
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The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award is a prestigious literary prize that honors books contributing to our understanding of racism and the appreciation of human diversity.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anisfield-Wolf Book Award canonical | 14 |
| Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | 2 |
| 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction | 1 |
| Anisfield-Wolf Awards | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T307884 — 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: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Context triple: [Isabel Wilkerson, awardReceived, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award]
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A.
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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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.
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C.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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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D.
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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E.
National Book Award for Nonfiction
The National Book Award for Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of nonfiction published in the United States.
- 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: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Target entity description: The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award is a prestigious literary prize that honors books contributing to our understanding of racism and the appreciation of human diversity.
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A.
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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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.
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C.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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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D.
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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E.
National Book Award for Nonfiction
The National Book Award for Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of nonfiction published in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book award
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literary award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
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surface form:
Anisfield-Wolf Awards
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| awardedForTheFirstTime | 1935 ⓘ |
| awardFor |
books that contribute to our understanding of racism
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books that foster appreciation of human diversity ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility | authors whose work addresses racism and human diversity ⓘ |
| field | literature ⓘ |
| focus |
cultural diversity
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race and racism ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| founder | Edith Anisfield Wolf ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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lifetime achievement in literature ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasAwardCategory |
Fiction
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Lifetime Achievement ⓘ Nonfiction ⓘ Poetry ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | printed books ⓘ |
| inception | 1935 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorksAwarded | English ⓘ |
| location |
Cleveland
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surface form:
Cleveland, Ohio
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| motto | Books that make a difference ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edith Anisfield Wolf ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Chinua Achebe
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Isabel Wilkerson ⓘ Langston Hughes ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Toni Morrison ⓘ Wole Soyinka ⓘ Zadie Smith ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Cleveland Foundation ⓘ |
| region | international ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | judged by an independent jury of scholars and writers ⓘ |
| significance | one of the oldest American awards for books on race and diversity ⓘ |
| sponsor | Cleveland Foundation ⓘ |
| typicalAnnouncementTime | spring ⓘ |
| typicalCeremonyTime | fall ⓘ |
| website | https://www.anisfield-wolf.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Description of subject: The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award is a prestigious literary prize that honors books contributing to our understanding of racism and the appreciation of human diversity.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anisfield-Wolf Awards
this entity surface form:
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
this entity surface form:
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Jamaica Kincaid (born Elaine Potter Richardson, sometimes confused due to similar-sounding surname)
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awardReceived
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
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subject surface form:
Jamaica Kincaid
this entity surface form:
2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction