American Book Award

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literary award

The American Book Award is a U.S. literary prize that honors outstanding works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres by writers from diverse backgrounds without categories or competition among nominees.

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Label Occurrences
American Book Award canonical 34
American Book Awards 4
American Book Award program 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Book Award ⓘ
surface form: American Book Awards
awardFor outstanding literary work ⓘ
basedOn merit of individual works ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Before Columbus Foundation ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
focusesOn multicultural literature ⓘ
writers of diverse backgrounds ⓘ
foundedBy Ishmael Reed ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre anthology ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
essay ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
translation ⓘ
young adult literature ⓘ
hasCharacteristic multiple winners each year ⓘ
no competitive categories ⓘ
no nominees ⓘ
hasPart Ellie Awards ⓘ
surface form: Editor Award

Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Publisher Award ⓘ
Special Citation ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.beforecolumbusfoundation.com/american-book-awards ⓘ
inception 1978 ⓘ
languageOfWorks English ⓘ
locationOfCeremony United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableRecipient Edward Said ⓘ
Joy Harjo ⓘ
Leslie Marmon Silko ⓘ
Louise Erdrich ⓘ
Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ
surface form: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Sandra Cisneros ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
bell hooks ⓘ
organizer Before Columbus Foundation ⓘ
presentedBy Before Columbus Foundation ⓘ
purpose to honor literary excellence without competition ⓘ
to recognize diversity in American literature ⓘ
region United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
selectionProcess judged by a panel of writers and editors ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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Toni Morrison → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Maxine Hong Kingston → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
MacKenzie Scott → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
American Book Award → alsoKnownAs → American Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Book Awards
Daisy Bates → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Amiri Baraka → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Gary Snyder → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Underworld → awarded → American Book Award ⓘ
Sonia Sanchez → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Ishmael Reed → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
MacKenzie → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
subject surface form: MacKenzie Scott
Before Columbus Foundation → notableAward → American Book Award ⓘ
Before Columbus Foundation → administers → American Book Award ⓘ
Before Columbus Foundation → hasPart → American Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Book Award program
Joy Harjo → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Sandra Cisneros → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Publisher Award → partOf → American Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Book Awards
Publisher Award → awardCategoryOf → American Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Book Awards
Edwidge Danticat → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
A Long Petal of the Sea → awarded → American Book Award ⓘ
James Welch → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Simon J. Ortiz → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Linda Hogan → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Diane Glancy → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Hofstadter → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
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Karen Tei Yamashita → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Audre Lorde → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Imamu Amiri Baraka → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Janet Campbell Hale → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Axe Handles → awarded → American Book Award ⓘ
Septima Clark → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Dudley Randall → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Katha Pollitt → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Quincy Troupe → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
Homegirls and Handgrenades → awarded → American Book Award ⓘ
American Book Award for "Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English" → partOf → American Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Book Awards
American Book Award for "Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English" → awardName → American Book Award ⓘ
mackenziescott → awardReceived → American Book Award ⓘ
subject surface form: MacKenzie Scott