Noma Literary Prize

E181505

literary award

The Noma Literary Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award recognizing outstanding works of fiction and criticism by contemporary authors.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Noma Literary Prize canonical	2
Noma Children’s Literature Prize	1
Noma Literacy Prize	1
Noma Literary Prize for New Writers	1
Noma Prize for Literature	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1593870 — 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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Target entity: Noma Literary Prize
Context triple: [Kenzaburō Ōe, awardReceived, Noma Literary Prize]

A. Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award was a prestigious literary prize honoring outstanding collections of short stories by writers from around the world.
B. Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
The Lannan Literary Award for Poetry is a prestigious literary prize recognizing outstanding achievement and contribution to contemporary poetry.
C. Booker–McConnell Prize
The Booker–McConnell Prize was the original name of the prestigious British literary award now known as the Booker Prize, given annually for outstanding novels written in English.
D. Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize for Fiction is a prestigious British literary award that annually honors outstanding original full-length novels written in English by women.
E. The Writers' Prize for Fiction
The Writers' Prize for Fiction is a British literary award that recognizes outstanding works of fiction by contemporary writers.
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 Literary Prize
Target entity description: The Noma Literary Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award recognizing outstanding works of fiction and criticism by contemporary authors.

A. Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award was a prestigious literary prize honoring outstanding collections of short stories by writers from around the world.
B. Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
The Lannan Literary Award for Poetry is a prestigious literary prize recognizing outstanding achievement and contribution to contemporary poetry.
C. Booker–McConnell Prize
The Booker–McConnell Prize was the original name of the prestigious British literary award now known as the Booker Prize, given annually for outstanding novels written in English.
D. Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize for Fiction is a prestigious British literary award that annually honors outstanding original full-length novels written in English by women.
E. The Writers' Prize for Fiction
The Writers' Prize for Fiction is a British literary award that recognizes outstanding works of fiction by contemporary writers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding works of fiction ⓘ outstanding works of literary criticism ⓘ
awardingBody	Kodansha ⓘ Noma Publishing Culture Promotion Foundation ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
eligibility	contemporary authors ⓘ
field	Japanese literature ⓘ
follows	Noma Literary Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Noma Prize for Literature
founder	Kodansha ⓘ Noma Publishing Culture Promotion Foundation ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	fiction ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
hasPart	Noma Literary Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Noma Children’s Literature Prize Noma Literary Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Noma Literary Prize for New Writers
inception	1941 ⓘ
languageOfWork	Japanese ⓘ
location	Tokyo ⓘ
monetaryAward	cash prize ⓘ
namedAfter	Seiji Noma ⓘ
notableRecipient	Kenzaburō Ōe ⓘ Kōbō Abe ⓘ Shūsaku Endō ⓘ Kawabata Yasunari ⓘ surface form: Yasunari Kawabata Yukio Mishima ⓘ
relatedAward	Noma Literary Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Noma Literacy Prize Noma Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by a committee of literary critics and authors ⓘ
significance	one of the major Japanese literary prizes ⓘ
sponsor	Kodansha ⓘ Noma Publishing Culture Promotion Foundation ⓘ

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Kenzaburō Ōe → awardReceived → Noma Literary Prize ⓘ

Haruki Murakami → awardReceived → Noma Literary Prize ⓘ

Noma Literary Prize → follows → Noma Literary Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Noma Prize for Literature

Noma Literary Prize → hasPart → Noma Literary Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Noma Literary Prize for New Writers

Noma Literary Prize → hasPart → Noma Literary Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Noma Children’s Literature Prize

Noma Literary Prize → relatedAward → Noma Literary Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Noma Literacy Prize

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