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 |
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| instanceOf |
book award
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literary award → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Anisfield-Wolf Awards
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| awardedForTheFirstTime |
1935
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| awardFor |
books that contribute to our understanding of racism
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books that foster appreciation of human diversity → |
| country |
United States
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| eligibility |
authors whose work addresses racism and human diversity
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| field |
literature
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| focus |
cultural diversity
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race and racism → social justice → |
| founder |
Edith Anisfield Wolf
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| frequency |
annual
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| genre |
fiction
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lifetime achievement in literature → nonfiction → poetry → |
| hasAwardCategory |
Fiction
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Lifetime Achievement → Nonfiction → Poetry → |
| hasMediaType |
printed books
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| inception |
1935
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| languageOfWorksAwarded |
English
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| location |
Cleveland, Ohio
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| motto |
Books that make a difference
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| namedAfter |
Edith Anisfield Wolf
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| notableRecipient |
Chinua Achebe
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Isabel Wilkerson → Langston Hughes → Martin Luther King Jr. → Toni Morrison → Wole Soyinka → Zadie Smith → |
| presentedBy |
Cleveland Foundation
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| region |
international
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| selectionProcess |
judged by an independent jury of scholars and writers
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| significance |
one of the oldest American awards for books on race and diversity
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| sponsor |
Cleveland Foundation
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| typicalAnnouncementTime |
spring
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| typicalCeremonyTime |
fall
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| website |
https://www.anisfield-wolf.org/
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Beloved
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. → Isabel Wilkerson → James Baldwin → Jesmyn Ward → |
awardReceived |
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
("Anisfield-Wolf Awards")
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alsoKnownAs |
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The Warmth of Other Suns
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awarded |
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Mohsin Hamid
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notableAward |