William Dean Howells Medal
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The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Dean Howells Medal canonical | 2 |
| Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters | 1 |
| William Dean Howells Medal for Fiction | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T505760 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dean Howells Medal Context triple: [Thomas Pynchon, awardReceived, William Dean Howells Medal]
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A.
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor recognizing a living American author whose body of work exemplifies excellence and lasting significance in fiction.
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B.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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C.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards, given annually for outstanding works of fiction and biography.
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D.
Melville Medal
The Melville Medal is a prestigious honor awarded by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the best original technical paper published in its journals.
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E.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a prestigious American literary award given annually to an outstanding work of fiction by a U.S. author.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dean Howells Medal Target entity description: The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
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A.
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
The PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor recognizing a living American author whose body of work exemplifies excellence and lasting significance in fiction.
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B.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is a prestigious annual American prize recognizing outstanding short stories.
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C.
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The James Tait Black Memorial Prize is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards, given annually for outstanding works of fiction and biography.
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D.
Melville Medal
The Melville Medal is a prestigious honor awarded by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the best original technical paper published in its journals.
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E.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is a prestigious American literary award given annually to an outstanding work of fiction by a U.S. author.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literary award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
William Dean Howells Medal
ⓘ
surface form:
William Dean Howells Medal for Fiction
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| associatedWith |
American literature
ⓘ
novel writing ⓘ |
| awardFor |
distinguished novel
ⓘ
outstanding achievement in fiction ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| eligibility | authors of distinguished works of fiction ⓘ |
| field |
fiction writing
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| frequency | approximately every five years ⓘ |
| genre | fiction ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasRecipient |
Don DeLillo
ⓘ
Eudora Welty ⓘ James Baldwin ⓘ John Updike ⓘ Katherine Anne Porter ⓘ Norman Mailer ⓘ Philip Roth ⓘ Saul Bellow ⓘ Toni Morrison ⓘ William Faulkner ⓘ |
| inception | 1925 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Dean Howells ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation |
editor
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literary critic ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| notableType | American literary award ⓘ |
| presentedBy | American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | conferred by members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ |
| status | prestigious award ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: William Dean Howells Medal Description of subject: The William Dean Howells Medal is a prestigious American literary award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for outstanding achievement in fiction, typically recognizing a distinguished novel.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William Dean Howells Medal for Fiction
this entity surface form:
Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters