Yomiuri Prize for Literature
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yomiuri Prize for Literature canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Yomiuri Prize for Literature Context triple: [Kenzaburō Ōe, awardReceived, Yomiuri Prize for Literature]
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A.
Akutagawa Prize
The Akutagawa Prize is one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards, given biannually to emerging authors of serious fiction.
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B.
Tanizaki Prize
The Tanizaki Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award given annually for outstanding works of fiction or drama.
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C.
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize is a Japanese award that honors individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the preservation, creation, and promotion of Asian cultures.
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D.
Niwano Peace Prize
The Niwano Peace Prize is an international award that honors individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to interreligious cooperation and the promotion of world peace.
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E.
Japan Prize
The Japan Prize is a prestigious international award that honors significant contributions to science and technology that promote peace and prosperity for humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Yomiuri Prize for Literature Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Akutagawa Prize
The Akutagawa Prize is one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards, given biannually to emerging authors of serious fiction.
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B.
Tanizaki Prize
The Tanizaki Prize is a prestigious Japanese literary award given annually for outstanding works of fiction or drama.
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C.
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize is a Japanese award that honors individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the preservation, creation, and promotion of Asian cultures.
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D.
Niwano Peace Prize
The Niwano Peace Prize is an international award that honors individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to interreligious cooperation and the promotion of world peace.
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E.
Japan Prize
The Japan Prize is a prestigious international award that honors significant contributions to science and technology that promote peace and prosperity for humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese literary award
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literary award ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
drama
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fiction ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ poetry ⓘ scholarly writing ⓘ |
| awardFor | outstanding literary works ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | newspaper company ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| eligibility | works originally written in Japanese ⓘ |
| field |
arts
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humanities ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | literature ⓘ |
| hasAwardedDiscipline |
academic studies on literature
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literary essays ⓘ novels ⓘ plays ⓘ poetry collections ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
criticism
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drama ⓘ fiction ⓘ poetry ⓘ scholarship ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
certificate
ⓘ
monetary prize ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Japanese literature ⓘ |
| inception | 1949 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| location | Tokyo ⓘ |
| mediaType | printed works ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yomiuri Shimbun ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Haruki Murakami
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Kenzaburō Ōe ⓘ Kōbō Abe ⓘ Shūsaku Endō ⓘ Kawabata Yasunari ⓘ
surface form:
Yasunari Kawabata
Yukio Mishima ⓘ |
| officialWebsiteLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| organizer | Yomiuri Shimbun ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Yomiuri Shimbun ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | jury selection ⓘ |
| significance | one of the major literary prizes in Japan ⓘ |
| sponsor | Yomiuri Shimbun ⓘ |
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