Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

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book award literary award

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award is a prestigious literary prize that honors books contributing to our understanding of racism and the appreciation of human diversity.

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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award canonical 14
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2
2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book award ⓘ
literary award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
surface form: Anisfield-Wolf Awards
awardedForTheFirstTime 1935 ⓘ
awardFor books that contribute to our understanding of racism ⓘ
books that foster appreciation of human diversity ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibility authors whose work addresses racism and human diversity ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
focus cultural diversity ⓘ
race and racism ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
founder Edith Anisfield Wolf ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
lifetime achievement in literature ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasAwardCategory Fiction ⓘ
Lifetime Achievement ⓘ
Nonfiction ⓘ
Poetry ⓘ
hasMediaType printed books ⓘ
inception 1935 ⓘ
languageOfWorksAwarded English ⓘ
location Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
motto Books that make a difference ⓘ
namedAfter Edith Anisfield Wolf ⓘ
notableRecipient Chinua Achebe ⓘ
Isabel Wilkerson ⓘ
Langston Hughes ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
Wole Soyinka ⓘ
Zadie Smith ⓘ
presentedBy Cleveland Foundation ⓘ
region international ⓘ
selectionProcess judged by an independent jury of scholars and writers ⓘ
significance one of the oldest American awards for books on race and diversity ⓘ
sponsor Cleveland Foundation ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime spring ⓘ
typicalCeremonyTime fall ⓘ
website https://www.anisfield-wolf.org/ ⓘ

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Isabel Wilkerson → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
James Baldwin → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Beloved → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
The Warmth of Other Suns → awarded → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Mohsin Hamid → notableAward → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award → alsoKnownAs → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anisfield-Wolf Awards
Henry Louis Gates Jr. → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Jesmyn Ward → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Louise Erdrich → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
N. Scott Momaday → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
The Reluctant Fundamentalist → awarded → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Edith Anisfield Wolf → hasAwardNamedAfter → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Edith Anisfield Wolf → associatedWith → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Colson Whitehead → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Jamaica Kincaid (born Elaine Potter Richardson, sometimes confused due to similar-sounding surname) → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
subject surface form: Jamaica Kincaid
Moon Witch, Spider King → awarded → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction
Nicole Krauss → awardReceived → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy → awarded → Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ