RSL Benson Medal

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The RSL Benson Medal is a prestigious literary award presented by the Royal Society of Literature to honor exceptional achievement in literature across any language.

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RSL Benson Medal canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf award
literary award
alsoKnownAs Benson Medal
awardedFor exceptional achievement in literature
lifetime achievement in literature
awardFrequency annual
awardingOrganizationFocus promotion of literature
awardingOrganizationType learned society
country United Kingdom
eligibility international authors
writers in any language
field literature
genre literary achievement award
hasAwardingBody Royal Society of Literature
hasPhysicalForm medal
hasType lifetime achievement award
inception 1916
isPartOf Royal Society of Literature
surface form: Royal Society of Literature awards
languageEligibility any language
locationOfAwardingBody London, England
surface form: London
namedAfter A. C. Benson
A. C. Benson
surface form: Arthur Christopher Benson
notableRecipient Chinua Achebe
Doris Lessing
Harold Pinter
J. R. R. Tolkien
Philip Larkin
Salman Rushdie
Seamus Heaney
V. S. Naipaul
W. H. Auden
presentedBy Royal Society of Literature
scope international
status active

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Royal Society of Literature awards RSL Benson Medal
RSL awards RSL Benson Medal
subject surface form: Royal Society of Literature