Heinrich Böll Prize
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The Heinrich Böll Prize is a German literary award honoring outstanding contemporary writers in the spirit of Nobel laureate Heinrich Böll’s socially engaged and humanistic work.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heinrich Böll Prize canonical | 9 |
| Heinrich-Böll-Preis | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4861922 — 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: Heinrich Böll Prize Context triple: [Elfriede Jelinek, awardReceived, Heinrich Böll Prize]
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A.
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a prestigious biennial global literary award often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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B.
Hesse Literature Prize
The Hesse Literature Prize is a German literary award honoring outstanding contributions to contemporary literature, named after the renowned writer Hermann Hesse.
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C.
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize is a prestigious German-language literary award presented annually in Klagenfurt, Austria, recognizing outstanding contemporary prose.
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D.
Alfred-Döblin-Preis
The Alfred-Döblin-Preis is a prestigious German literary award honoring outstanding contemporary prose, named after the writer Alfred Döblin.
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E.
Franz Kafka Prize
The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award honoring authors whose work reflects the humanistic and existential qualities associated with Franz Kafka’s writing.
- 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: Heinrich Böll Prize Target entity description: The Heinrich Böll Prize is a German literary award honoring outstanding contemporary writers in the spirit of Nobel laureate Heinrich Böll’s socially engaged and humanistic work.
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A.
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a prestigious biennial global literary award often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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B.
Hesse Literature Prize
The Hesse Literature Prize is a German literary award honoring outstanding contributions to contemporary literature, named after the renowned writer Hermann Hesse.
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C.
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize is a prestigious German-language literary award presented annually in Klagenfurt, Austria, recognizing outstanding contemporary prose.
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D.
Alfred-Döblin-Preis
The Alfred-Döblin-Preis is a prestigious German literary award honoring outstanding contemporary prose, named after the writer Alfred Döblin.
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E.
Franz Kafka Prize
The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award honoring authors whose work reflects the humanistic and existential qualities associated with Franz Kafka’s writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German literary award
ⓘ
literary award ⓘ |
| aim |
to honor outstanding contemporary writers
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to promote socially critical literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Heinrich Böll Foundation ⓘ |
| awardFor |
contemporary literature
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humanistic literature ⓘ socially engaged literature ⓘ |
| category | cultural award in Germany ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| currency | euro ⓘ |
| eligibility |
contemporary authors
ⓘ
living writers ⓘ |
| field | German-language literature ⓘ |
| follows | spirit of Heinrich Böll’s work ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
award ceremony
ⓘ
laudatory speech ⓘ |
| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| location | Cologne ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Heinrich Böll ⓘ |
| namedAfterAward |
Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Heinrich Böll
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linked to:
Heinrich Böll
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| namedAfterOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| notableLaureate |
Elfriede Jelinek
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Günter Grass ⓘ Herta Müller ⓘ Peter Handke ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
City of Cologne
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linked to:
Cologne
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| sponsor |
City of Cologne
ⓘ
linked to:
Cologne
|
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Subject: Heinrich Böll Prize Description of subject: The Heinrich Böll Prize is a German literary award honoring outstanding contemporary writers in the spirit of Nobel laureate Heinrich Böll’s socially engaged and humanistic work.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Heinrich Böll Prize
linked to: Heinrich Böll Prize
linked to: Heinrich Böll Prize