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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literary award → |
| alsoKnownAs |
William Dean Howells Medal
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surface form: "William Dean Howells Medal for Fiction"
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| associatedWith |
American literature
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novel writing → |
| awardFor |
distinguished novel
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outstanding achievement in fiction → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| eligibility | authors of distinguished works of fiction → |
| field |
fiction writing
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literature → |
| frequency | approximately every five years → |
| genre | fiction → |
| hasLanguage | English → |
| hasRecipient |
Don DeLillo
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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 → |
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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"