William Faulkner Foundation Award
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The William Faulkner Foundation Award was a literary prize established to recognize and support promising new fiction writers, particularly for outstanding first novels.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5098384 — 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)
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Target entity: William Faulkner Foundation Award Context triple: [José Donoso, awardReceived, William Faulkner Foundation Award]
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A.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by living U.S. authors.
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B.
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is a literary organization dedicated to promoting American fiction and supporting writers through awards, public readings, and educational programs.
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C.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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D.
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.
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E.
Thomas Wolfe Prize (literary award)
The Thomas Wolfe Prize is a prestigious American literary award presented by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to honor distinguished contemporary writers of fiction.
- 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: William Faulkner Foundation Award Target entity description: The William Faulkner Foundation Award was a literary prize established to recognize and support promising new fiction writers, particularly for outstanding first novels.
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A.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by living U.S. authors.
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B.
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is a literary organization dedicated to promoting American fiction and supporting writers through awards, public readings, and educational programs.
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C.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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D.
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.
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E.
Thomas Wolfe Prize (literary award)
The Thomas Wolfe Prize is a prestigious American literary award presented by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to honor distinguished contemporary writers of fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American literary award
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literary award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
William Faulkner Foundation
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linked to:
William Faulkner Foundation Award
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| alsoKnownAs |
William Faulkner Award for Notable First Novel
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linked to:
William Faulkner Foundation Award
William Faulkner Foundation Award for Notable First Novel ⓘ
linked to:
William Faulkner Foundation Award
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| awardFor | first novel ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dissolved | 1970 ⓘ |
| field |
literature
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novel writing ⓘ |
| firstAwardedFor | A Separate Peace ⓘ |
| firstRecipient | John Knowles ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | fiction ⓘ |
| inception | 1961 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
C. D. B. Bryan
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Joseph Heller ⓘ Thomas Pynchon ⓘ Walker Percy ⓘ |
| notableRecipientWork |
Catch-22
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P. S. Wilkinson ⓘ The Moviegoer ⓘ V. ⓘ |
| purpose |
to recognize promising new fiction writers
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to support outstanding first novels ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | outstanding first novel by an American author ⓘ |
| sponsor |
William Faulkner Foundation
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linked to:
William Faulkner Foundation Award
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| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| targetGroup |
debut novelists
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new fiction writers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: William Faulkner Foundation Award Description of subject: The William Faulkner Foundation Award was a literary prize established to recognize and support promising new fiction writers, particularly for outstanding first novels.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: William Faulkner Foundation Award
linked to: William Faulkner Foundation Award
William Faulkner Foundation Award
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alsoKnownAs
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William Faulkner Foundation Award for Notable First Novel
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linked to: William Faulkner Foundation Award
linked to: William Faulkner Foundation Award
linked to: William Faulkner Foundation Award
subject linked to:
"V." (1963)
linked to: William Faulkner Foundation Award