Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf book award
literary award
alsoKnownAs Anisfield-Wolf Awards
awardedForTheFirstTime 1935
awardFor books that contribute to our understanding of racism
books that foster appreciation of human diversity
country 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, 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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