Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award
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The Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award is a literary prize given by the U.S. human rights organization PEN to writers of fiction whose work focuses on themes of political courage and social justice, often under conditions of repression.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hellman/Hammett Grant | 1 |
| Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award canonical | 1 |
| Lillian Hellman–Dashiell Hammett Award | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3704233 — 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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award Context triple: [Yaşar Kemal, awardReceived, Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award]
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A.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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B.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards, given annually for outstanding works of fiction and biography.
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C.
PEN/Hemingway Award
The PEN/Hemingway Award is a prestigious American literary prize honoring an outstanding debut work of fiction by an author.
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D.
William Dean Howells Medal
The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
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E.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by living U.S. authors.
- 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: Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award Target entity description: The Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award is a literary prize given by the U.S. human rights organization PEN to writers of fiction whose work focuses on themes of political courage and social justice, often under conditions of repression.
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A.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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B.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards, given annually for outstanding works of fiction and biography.
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C.
PEN/Hemingway Award
The PEN/Hemingway Award is a prestigious American literary prize honoring an outstanding debut work of fiction by an author.
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D.
William Dean Howells Medal
The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
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E.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of fiction by living U.S. authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PEN award
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literary award ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
freedom of expression
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human rights ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
fiction addressing social justice
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fiction focusing on political courage ⓘ fiction written under conditions of repression ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility | writers of fiction ⓘ |
| field |
human rights advocacy
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literature ⓘ |
| genre | fiction ⓘ |
| involvesTheme |
political courage
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repression ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| language | various languages ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Dashiell Hammett
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Lillian Hellman ⓘ |
| organizer |
PEN America
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surface form:
U.S. human rights organization PEN
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| presentedBy |
PEN
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PEN America ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
engagement with political and social issues
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literary merit ⓘ |
| sponsorType | human rights organization ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award Description of subject: The Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award is a literary prize given by the U.S. human rights organization PEN to writers of fiction whose work focuses on themes of political courage and social justice, often under conditions of repression.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lillian Hellman–Dashiell Hammett Award
this entity surface form:
Hellman/Hammett Grant