Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

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American literary award literary award

The Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction is a prestigious literary honor awarded annually by the U.S. Library of Congress to recognize a writer’s lifetime achievement and significant contribution to American fiction.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction canonical	7
Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literary award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
administeredBy	Library of Congress ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress Center for the Book
associatedWith	Library of Congress ⓘ surface form: U.S. Library of Congress
awardCeremonyAt	National Book Festival ⓘ
awardedFor	lifetime achievement in American fiction ⓘ significant contribution to American fiction ⓘ
awardingBodyType	national library ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	writers of American fiction ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
formerName	Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award for the Writing of Fiction ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	fiction ⓘ
hasAwardType	lifetime achievement award ⓘ
hasCategory	American literary awards ⓘ Fiction awards ⓘ Lifetime achievement awards ⓘ
hasReputation	prestigious literary honor ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.loc.gov ⓘ
inception	2008 ⓘ
isPartOf	programs of the Library of Congress ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mediaType	books ⓘ
namedInLanguage	Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction self-link ⓘ
notableRecipient	Colson Whitehead ⓘ Denis Johnson ⓘ Don DeLillo ⓘ E. L. Doctorow ⓘ Isabel Allende ⓘ John Grisham ⓘ Marilynne Robinson ⓘ Philip Roth ⓘ Toni Morrison ⓘ
presentedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
recognizes	American fiction writers ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
selectionCriteria	body of work that has had a profound impact on readers ⓘ excellence in the craft of fiction ⓘ
sponsor	Library of Congress ⓘ
targetAudience	authors ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don DeLillo → awardReceived → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ⓘ

Jesmyn Ward → awardReceived → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ⓘ

Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction → formerName → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction

Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction → namedInLanguage → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction self-link ⓘ

Louise Erdrich → awardReceived → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ⓘ

Marilynne Robinson → notableAward → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ⓘ

National Book Festival → hasAward → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ⓘ

E. L. Doctorow → awardReceived → Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ⓘ