International Booker Prize

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literary award translation prize

The International Booker Prize is a prestigious literary award honoring outstanding works of fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland, with recognition shared between author and translator.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Man Booker International Prize	12
International Booker Prize canonical	5
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize	3
"A Horse Walks into a Bar" won the Man Booker International Prize in 2017	1
Booker Prize (shared)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T944522 — 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: International Booker Prize
Context triple: [Booker Prize, relatedAward, International Booker Prize]

A. Booker Prize
The Booker Prize is a prestigious annual literary award recognizing outstanding original novels written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
B. Neustadt International Prize for Literature
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a prestigious biennial global literary award often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
C. Royal Society of Literature Award
The Royal Society of Literature Award is a prestigious British literary honor presented by the Royal Society of Literature in recognition of outstanding works of writing.
D. Duff Cooper Prize
The Duff Cooper Prize is a prestigious British literary award given annually for the best work of history, biography, political science, or poetry written in English.
E. George Orwell Prize
The George Orwell Prize is a prestigious British award honoring outstanding political writing that embodies clarity, integrity, and social engagement in the spirit of George Orwell.
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: International Booker Prize
Target entity description: The International Booker Prize is a prestigious literary award honoring outstanding works of fiction translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland, with recognition shared between author and translator.

A. Booker Prize
The Booker Prize is a prestigious annual literary award recognizing outstanding original novels written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
B. Neustadt International Prize for Literature
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a prestigious biennial global literary award often regarded as a precursor to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
C. Royal Society of Literature Award
The Royal Society of Literature Award is a prestigious British literary honor presented by the Royal Society of Literature in recognition of outstanding works of writing.
D. Duff Cooper Prize
The Duff Cooper Prize is a prestigious British literary award given annually for the best work of history, biography, political science, or poetry written in English.
E. George Orwell Prize
The George Orwell Prize is a prestigious British award honoring outstanding political writing that embodies clarity, integrity, and social engagement in the spirit of George Orwell.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary award ⓘ translation prize ⓘ
administeredBy	Booker Prize Foundation ⓘ
awardFor	book-length work of fiction ⓘ fiction translated into English ⓘ
awardSplit	equally between author and translator ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	GBP ⓘ linked to: Pound sterling
eligibilityChange	since 2016 awarded for a single book in translation ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	author may be of any nationality ⓘ translator may be of any nationality ⓘ work must be published in the UK or Ireland ⓘ work must be translated into English ⓘ
eligiblePublicationRegion	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
firstAwarded	2005 ⓘ
focus	promotion of international literature in English translation ⓘ
formatChange	restructured in 2016 to honor a single work ⓘ
formerName	Man Booker International Prize ⓘ linked to: International Booker Prize
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	fiction ⓘ
hasCategory	International Booker Prize winners ⓘ International Booker Prize–shortlisted works ⓘ
inception	2005 ⓘ
includesForm	novel ⓘ novella ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
languageOfEligibleWorks	English ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
mediaCoverage	international literary press ⓘ
monetaryAward	50000 GBP ⓘ
namedAfter	Booker Prize ⓘ
notableFeature	focuses on translated fiction ⓘ recognizes both author and translator ⓘ
organizer	Booker Prize Foundation ⓘ
originalFrequency	biennial ⓘ
originalScope	body of work by a living author ⓘ
prestige	one of the most prestigious translation prizes in the world ⓘ
relation	companion prize to the Booker Prize for Fiction ⓘ
selectionProcess	judged by a panel of literary judges ⓘ
sharedBetween	author ⓘ translator ⓘ
sponsor	Crankstart ⓘ Man Group ⓘ
website	https://thebookerprizes.com ⓘ

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