Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature

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literary award translation prize

The Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature is a Japanese literary award that honors outstanding translations of Japanese literary works into foreign languages, helping to promote Japanese literature internationally.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature canonical	1
Noma Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature	1
Noma Translation Prize	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9893251 — 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: Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature
Context triple: [Noma Literary Prize, relatedAward, Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature]

A. National Book Award for Translated Literature
The National Book Award for Translated Literature is a major American literary prize honoring outstanding books of fiction or nonfiction translated into English and published in the United States.
B. Tanizaki Prize
The Tanizaki Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award given annually for outstanding works of fiction or drama.
C. Asahi Prize
The Asahi Prize is a prestigious Japanese award recognizing outstanding achievements in fields such as academics, arts, and culture.
D. Yomiuri Prize for Literature
The Yomiuri Prize for Literature is a prestigious Japanese literary award established by the Yomiuri Shimbun to honor outstanding works of fiction, drama, poetry, criticism, and scholarship.
E. PEN Translation Prize
The PEN Translation Prize is a prestigious literary award presented by PEN America to honor outstanding book-length translations into English.
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: Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature
Target entity description: The Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature is a Japanese literary award that honors outstanding translations of Japanese literary works into foreign languages, helping to promote Japanese literature internationally.

A. National Book Award for Translated Literature
The National Book Award for Translated Literature is a major American literary prize honoring outstanding books of fiction or nonfiction translated into English and published in the United States.
B. Tanizaki Prize
The Tanizaki Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award given annually for outstanding works of fiction or drama.
C. Asahi Prize
The Asahi Prize is a prestigious Japanese award recognizing outstanding achievements in fields such as academics, arts, and culture.
D. Yomiuri Prize for Literature
The Yomiuri Prize for Literature is a prestigious Japanese literary award established by the Yomiuri Shimbun to honor outstanding works of fiction, drama, poetry, criticism, and scholarship.
E. PEN Translation Prize
The PEN Translation Prize is a prestigious literary award presented by PEN America to honor outstanding book-length translations into English.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ translation prize ⓘ
aimsToSupport	professional literary translators ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Noma Translation Prize ⓘ linked to: Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature
associatedWith	Japanese publishing industry ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in translating Japanese literary works ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding translations of Japanese literary works into foreign languages ⓘ translation of Japanese literature ⓘ
awardingBody	Noma Cultural Foundation ⓘ linked to: Noma Publishing Culture Promotion Foundation
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	major international prize for translation of Japanese literature ⓘ
eligibleWorkLanguage	foreign languages ⓘ
field	literary translation ⓘ literature ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	Japanese literature ⓘ
hasCategory	drama ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ
hasRecipient	translator ⓘ
inception	1979 ⓘ
languageOfWorkAwarded	Japanese ⓘ
location	Tokyo ⓘ
namedAfter	Seiji Noma ⓘ
notableLanguageOfTranslation	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Korean ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
parentAward	Noma Literary Prize ⓘ
purpose	to promote Japanese literature internationally ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
selectionCriterion	contribution to the dissemination of Japanese literature abroad ⓘ fidelity to the original Japanese text ⓘ literary quality of the translation ⓘ
sponsor	Kodansha ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Noma Literary Prize → relatedAward → Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature ⓘ

John Nathan → awardReceived → Noma Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature ⓘ

linked to: Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature

Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature → alsoKnownAs → Noma Translation Prize ⓘ