Giller Prize

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literary award

The Giller Prize is one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards, presented annually to recognize excellence in English-language fiction.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Scotiabank Giller Prize	2
Giller Prize longlist	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Giller ⓘ
awardedForTheFirstTimeIn	1994 ⓘ
awardGivenFor	novel ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
currency	Canadian dollar ⓘ
eligibility	Canadian authors ⓘ permanent residents of Canada ⓘ
field	Canadian literature ⓘ literature ⓘ
formerName	Giller Prize self-link ⓘ
foundedBy	Jack Rabinovitch ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	fiction ⓘ
hasAwardCategory	main fiction prize ⓘ
hasFormat	monetary prize plus recognition ⓘ
hasPart	longlist ⓘ shortlist ⓘ winner ⓘ
impact	boosts book sales for winners ⓘ raises public profile of Canadian authors ⓘ
inception	1994 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canada ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Toronto ⓘ
mediaCoverage	national television broadcast in Canada ⓘ
namedAfter	Doris Giller ⓘ
notableAs	one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards ⓘ
officialName	Giller Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scotiabank Giller Prize
organizer	Scotiabank Giller Prize organization ⓘ
presentedFor	excellence in English-language fiction ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
relatedTo	Governor General's Award for English-language fiction ⓘ surface form: Governor General’s Award for English-language fiction Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize ⓘ
selectionCriterion	literary merit ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by an independent jury ⓘ
significantEvent	televised award ceremony ⓘ
sponsor	Scotiabank ⓘ
sponsorshipChange	Scotiabank became title sponsor in 2005 ⓘ
typeOfAward	book prize ⓘ
website	https://scotiabankgillerprize.ca/ ⓘ
workScope	English-language publication ⓘ single book of fiction ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

MaddAddam → awardNomination → Giller Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Giller Prize longlist

Margaret Atwood → awardReceived → Giller Prize ⓘ

Michael Ondaatje → awardReceived → Giller Prize ⓘ

Alias Grace → awarded → Giller Prize ⓘ

Giller Prize → formerName → Giller Prize self-link ⓘ

Giller Prize → officialName → Giller Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotiabank Giller Prize

The Testaments → shortlistedFor → Giller Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scotiabank Giller Prize