Whitbread Novel Award

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book prize literary award

The Whitbread Novel Award was a major British literary prize, later renamed the Costa Book Award for Novel, recognizing outstanding works of fiction by authors based in the UK and Ireland.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Costa Book Award for Novel 3
Whitbread Award for Novel of the Year 1
Whitbread Novel of the Year Award 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book prize ⓘ
literary award ⓘ
awardCategory best novel ⓘ
awardedFor outstanding works of fiction ⓘ
awardFor novel ⓘ
categoryOf novel category of the Whitbread Book Awards ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility authors based in Ireland ⓘ
authors based in the United Kingdom ⓘ
endCause rebranding of Whitbread Book Awards as Costa Book Awards ⓘ
field fiction ⓘ
literature ⓘ
follows pre‑1971 Whitbread literary sponsorships ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
hasSuccessorAward Whitbread Novel Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Costa Book Award for Novel
inception 1971 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
location United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter Whitbread PLC ⓘ
notableType major British literary prize ⓘ
partOf Whitbread Book Award ⓘ
surface form: Whitbread Book Awards
presentedBy Whitbread PLC ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom and Ireland
relativeImportance one of the leading UK novel prizes of its time ⓘ
renamedAs Whitbread Novel Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Costa Book Award for Novel
selectionProcess judged by panel of critics and writers ⓘ
sponsor Whitbread PLC ⓘ
successor Whitbread Novel Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Costa Book Award for Novel

Referenced by (7)

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Ali Smith → awardReceived → Whitbread Novel Award ⓘ
Michael Frayn → awardReceived → Whitbread Novel Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitbread Novel of the Year Award
Salman Rushdie → awardReceived → Whitbread Novel Award ⓘ
The Satanic Verses → awardReceived → Whitbread Novel Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whitbread Award for Novel of the Year
Whitbread Novel Award → hasSuccessorAward → Whitbread Novel Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costa Book Award for Novel
Whitbread Novel Award → renamedAs → Whitbread Novel Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costa Book Award for Novel
Whitbread Novel Award → successor → Whitbread Novel Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costa Book Award for Novel