Rómulo Gallegos Prize

E18044

Spanish-language literary award international award literary award

The Rómulo Gallegos Prize is a prestigious international literary award for Spanish-language novels, regarded as one of the most important honors in Latin American literature.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Rómulo Gallegos Prize canonical	9
Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize	3
Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos	1
Premio Rómulo Gallegos	1
Rómulo Gallegos Prize shortlist	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150228 — 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: Rómulo Gallegos Prize
Context triple: [Gabriel García Márquez, awardReceived, Rómulo Gallegos Prize]

A. Campiello Prize
The Campiello Prize is a prestigious Italian literary award established in 1962 that honors outstanding works of contemporary Italian fiction.
B. Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
The Adelbert von Chamisso Prize was a German literary award that recognized authors writing in German whose work was shaped by intercultural experiences or migration backgrounds.
C. Viareggio Prize
The Viareggio Prize is one of Italy’s most prestigious literary awards, honoring outstanding works of Italian literature across multiple genres.
D. BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award is an international prize that recognizes outstanding contributions in scientific research, technology, the environment, and the humanities.
E. Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature is a prestigious international award presented annually to an author whose body of work has made an outstanding contribution to the field of literature.
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: Rómulo Gallegos Prize
Target entity description: The Rómulo Gallegos Prize is a prestigious international literary award for Spanish-language novels, regarded as one of the most important honors in Latin American literature.

A. Campiello Prize
The Campiello Prize is a prestigious Italian literary award established in 1962 that honors outstanding works of contemporary Italian fiction.
B. Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
The Adelbert von Chamisso Prize was a German literary award that recognized authors writing in German whose work was shaped by intercultural experiences or migration backgrounds.
C. Viareggio Prize
The Viareggio Prize is one of Italy’s most prestigious literary awards, honoring outstanding works of Italian literature across multiple genres.
D. BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award is an international prize that recognizes outstanding contributions in scientific research, technology, the environment, and the humanities.
E. Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature is a prestigious international award presented annually to an author whose body of work has made an outstanding contribution to the field of literature.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish-language literary award ⓘ international award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
awardedEvery	two years ⓘ
awardedFor	Spanish-language novel ⓘ
awardIncludes	cash prize ⓘ diploma ⓘ medal ⓘ
continentOfAwardingCountry	South America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Venezuela ⓘ
currencyOfCashPrize	Venezuelan bolívar ⓘ
eligibility	authors of Spanish-language novels ⓘ novels published in the preceding two years ⓘ
establishedToHonor	Rómulo Gallegos’s contribution to literature ⓘ
establishedToPromote	Latin American authors ⓘ Spanish-language narrative ⓘ
field	Latin American literature ⓘ literature ⓘ
firstAwarded	1967 ⓘ
frequency	biennial ⓘ
genre	novel ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.celarg.org.ve (Rómulo Gallegos Prize section) ⓘ
hasReputationAs	one of the most important literary prizes in the Spanish-speaking world ⓘ one of the most prestigious awards in Latin American literature ⓘ
inception	1964 ⓘ
juryComposition	critics ⓘ scholars ⓘ writers ⓘ
languageOfWork	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Venezuela ⓘ
location	Caracas ⓘ
mediaType	book ⓘ
namedAfter	Rómulo Gallegos ⓘ
namedAfterCountry	Venezuela ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation	novelist ⓘ politician ⓘ
notableFor	importance in Latin American literature ⓘ prestige in Spanish-language literature ⓘ
organizerType	cultural foundation ⓘ
presentedBy	Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos ⓘ Fundación Celarg ⓘ
regionScope	Ibero-America ⓘ linked to: Latin America
selectionMethod	jury decision ⓘ
sponsor	Venezuelan government ⓘ linked to: Venezuela
typicalAnnouncementPlace	Caracas ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Gabriel García Márquez → awardReceived → Rómulo Gallegos Prize ⓘ

One Hundred Years of Solitude → awarded → Rómulo Gallegos Prize ⓘ

One Hundred Years of Solitude → awardReceived → Rómulo Gallegos Prize ⓘ

Gabo → refersToPersonAward → Rómulo Gallegos Prize ⓘ

Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos → hasPart → Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize ⓘ