William Faulkner Foundation Award
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The William Faulkner Foundation Award was a literary prize established to recognize and support promising new fiction writers, particularly for outstanding first novels.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Faulkner Foundation Award canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American literary award
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literary award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | William Faulkner Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
William Faulkner Award for Notable First Novel
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William Faulkner Foundation Award for Notable First Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardFor | first novel ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | 1970 ⓘ |
| field |
literature
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novel writing ⓘ |
| firstAwardedFor | A Separate Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecipient | John Knowles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | fiction ⓘ |
| inception | 1961 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
C. D. B. Bryan
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Joseph Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Pynchon NERFINISHED ⓘ Walker Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecipientWork |
Catch-22
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P. S. Wilkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ The Moviegoer NERFINISHED ⓘ V. ⓘ |
| purpose |
to recognize promising new fiction writers
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to support outstanding first novels ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | outstanding first novel by an American author ⓘ |
| sponsor | William Faulkner Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| targetGroup |
debut novelists
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new fiction writers ⓘ |
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