Asian American Literary Award

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American literary award literary award

The Asian American Literary Award is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding works of literature by writers of Asian descent in the United States.

Aliases (3)

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literary award → literary award →
awardFor	outstanding works of literature →
country	United States →
eligibility	authors of Asian descent residing in the United States → books published in the United States →
ethnicFocus	Asian American →
field	literature →
frequency	annual →
genre	fiction → nonfiction → poetry →
givenTo	writers of Asian descent →
hasPart	Asian American Literary Award for Fiction → Asian American Literary Award for Nonfiction → Asian American Literary Award for Poetry →
inception	1998 →
language	English →
location	New York City →
mainSubject	Asian American literature →
notableRecipient	Alexander Chee → Cathy Park Hong → Chang-rae Lee → Ha Jin → Jhumpa Lahiri → Monique Truong → Susan Choi →
organizer	Asian American Writers’ Workshop →
presentedBy	Asian American Writers’ Workshop →
purpose	to promote Asian American authors → to recognize excellence in Asian American writing →
sponsor	Asian American Writers’ Workshop →
website	https://aaww.org →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Asian American Literary Award ("Asian American Literary Award for Fiction") → Asian American Literary Award ("Asian American Literary Award for Poetry") → Asian American Literary Award ("Asian American Literary Award for Nonfiction") →	hasPart
Jhumpa Lahiri → Unaccustomed Earth ("Asian American Literary Award for Fiction") →	awardReceived
Mohsin Hamid →	notableAward