Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award

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The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award is a literary honor recognizing outstanding contributions to African and African Diaspora literature and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award
associatedWith Hurston/Wright Foundation NERFINISHED
awardedFor contributions to African diaspora culture
lifetime achievement in literature
literary excellence
outstanding debut fiction
outstanding nonfiction
outstanding poetry
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalScope African American culture
African diaspora
field literature
focus African American literature
African diaspora literature
African literature
genre fiction
nonfiction
poetry
honors writers of African descent
language English
namedAfter Richard Wright NERFINISHED
Zora Neale Hurston NERFINISHED
purpose to recognize outstanding contributions to African and African Diaspora literature and culture

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o awardReceived Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award