The Guardian First Book Award

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literary award

The Guardian First Book Award was a British literary prize established by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding debut works of fiction or non-fiction.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Guardian First Book Award	8
The Guardian First Book Award canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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

Target entity: The Guardian First Book Award
Context triple: [White Teeth, award, The Guardian First Book Award]

A. Guardian Fiction Prize
The Guardian Fiction Prize was a prestigious British literary award presented annually by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding works of contemporary fiction.
B. Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize is a prestigious British literary award presented annually by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding works of children's fiction.
C. Whitbread Book Award
The Whitbread Book Award, now known as the Costa Book Award, was a major British literary prize recognizing outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland across several categories.
D. Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year was a prestigious UK literary award, part of the Whitbread (later Costa) Book Awards, recognizing outstanding children's literature.
E. Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
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: The Guardian First Book Award
Target entity description: The Guardian First Book Award was a British literary prize established by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding debut works of fiction or non-fiction.

A. Guardian Fiction Prize
The Guardian Fiction Prize was a prestigious British literary award presented annually by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding works of contemporary fiction.
B. Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize is a prestigious British literary award presented annually by The Guardian newspaper to recognize outstanding works of children's fiction.
C. Whitbread Book Award
The Whitbread Book Award, now known as the Costa Book Award, was a major British literary prize recognizing outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland across several categories.
D. Whitbread Children's Book of the Year
The Whitbread Children's Book of the Year was a prestigious UK literary award, part of the Whitbread (later Costa) Book Awards, recognizing outstanding children's literature.
E. Whitbread Novel Award
The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding debut works of fiction ⓘ outstanding debut works of non-fiction ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	2016 ⓘ
eligibility	first book by an author ⓘ
firstAwarded	1999 ⓘ
formerName	Guardian Fiction Award ⓘ linked to: Guardian Fiction Prize
genre	fiction ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ
hasCategory	British literary awards ⓘ awards disestablished in 2016 ⓘ awards established in 1999 ⓘ debut literary awards ⓘ
inception	1999 ⓘ
languageOfWorks	English ⓘ
lastAwarded	2016 ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
notableWinner	Alex Ross ⓘ Chris Cleave ⓘ Jonathan Safran Foer ⓘ Petina Gappah ⓘ Yann Martel ⓘ Zadie Smith ⓘ
notableWinningWork	An Elegy for Easterly ⓘ Everything Is Illuminated ⓘ Incendiary ⓘ Life of Pi ⓘ linked to: Life of Pi (novel) The Rest Is Noise ⓘ White Teeth ⓘ
organizer	Guardian News & Media ⓘ
presentedBy	The Guardian newspaper ⓘ linked to: The Guardian
replaced	Guardian Fiction Award ⓘ linked to: Guardian Fiction Prize
selectionProcess	included input from reading groups ⓘ judged by a panel including Guardian staff and invited judges ⓘ
sponsor	The Guardian ⓘ
sponsoredBy	The Guardian Media Group ⓘ linked to: Guardian Media Group

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