Commonwealth Writers' Prize

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fiction award literary award

The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a prestigious annual literary award that recognized outstanding fiction by authors from Commonwealth countries, helping to launch and celebrate many notable writers' careers.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Commonwealth Writers' Prize canonical	7
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize	7
Commonwealth Book Prize	1
Commonwealth Writers Prize	1
Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional award	1
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (regional)	1
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region)	1
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Gould’s Book of Fish	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fiction award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
administeredBy	Commonwealth Foundation ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding fiction ⓘ
awardType	international recognition ⓘ monetary prize ⓘ
country	Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
dissolved	2011 ⓘ
eligibility	authors from Commonwealth countries ⓘ
eligibleRegion	Africa ⓘ Canada ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Europe ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Pacific South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ surface form: South East Asia
field	fiction ⓘ literature ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	literary fiction ⓘ
impact	helped launch many writers' international careers ⓘ
inception	1987 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCategory	Best Book ⓘ Best First Book ⓘ
notableAspect	focus on both established and emerging writers ⓘ regional structure reflecting Commonwealth regions ⓘ
notableWinner	Andrea Levy ⓘ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ⓘ J. M. Coetzee ⓘ Peter Carey ⓘ Rohinton Mistry ⓘ Zadie Smith ⓘ
presentedBy	Commonwealth Foundation ⓘ
selectionProcess	overall winners ⓘ regional shortlists ⓘ regional winners ⓘ
sponsor	Commonwealth Foundation ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ
successor	Commonwealth Writers' Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth Book Prize Commonwealth Short Story Prize ⓘ
website	http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/ ⓘ

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Zadie Smith → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

Ronnie Govender → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

Peter Carey → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

Nadine Gordimer → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

Sadie Smith → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

Commonwealth Writers' Prize → successor → Commonwealth Writers' Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Book Prize

On Beauty → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region)

Rohinton Mistry → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers Prize

The Spare Room → shortlistedFor → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

T.C. Boyle → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

Emma Donoghue → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional award

Tsitsi Dangarembga → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

The Given Day → literaryAwardNomination → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (regional)

Zakes Mda → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

Markus Zusak → notableAward → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

Richard Flanagan → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

Richard Flanagan → awardReceivedForWork → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Gould’s Book of Fish

Austin Clarke → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

Janet Frame → awardReceived → Commonwealth Writers' Prize ⓘ