Deutscher Buchpreis

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German literary award literary award

The Deutscher Buchpreis is a prestigious German literary award presented annually to the best German-language novel.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
German Book Prize	7
Deutscher Buchpreis canonical	3
Deutscher Buchpreis (for volume "Das Ungeheuer")	1
Deutscher Bücherpreis (best fiction, 2002)	1
German Book Prize for best German-language novel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2476966 — 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: Deutscher Buchpreis
Context triple: [Terézia Mora, awardReceived, Deutscher Buchpreis]

A. Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is a prestigious German literary and cultural award honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to international understanding, peace, and humanity through their work.
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. Goethe Prize
The Goethe Prize is a prestigious German cultural award honoring outstanding contributions to literature, scholarship, and the arts in the spirit of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
D. Ludwig-Börne-Preis
The Ludwig-Börne-Preis is a prestigious German literary and essay prize awarded for outstanding contributions to public discourse, criticism, and intellectual life in the spirit of writer Ludwig Börne.
E. Franz Kafka Prize
The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award honoring authors whose work reflects the humanistic and existential qualities associated with Franz Kafka’s writing.
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: Deutscher Buchpreis
Target entity description: The Deutscher Buchpreis is a prestigious German literary award presented annually to the best German-language novel.

A. Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is a prestigious German literary and cultural award honoring individuals who have made significant contributions to international understanding, peace, and humanity through their work.
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. Goethe Prize
The Goethe Prize is a prestigious German cultural award honoring outstanding contributions to literature, scholarship, and the arts in the spirit of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
D. Ludwig-Börne-Preis
The Ludwig-Börne-Preis is a prestigious German literary and essay prize awarded for outstanding contributions to public discourse, criticism, and intellectual life in the spirit of writer Ludwig Börne.
E. Franz Kafka Prize
The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award honoring authors whose work reflects the humanistic and existential qualities associated with Franz Kafka’s writing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German literary award ⓘ literary award ⓘ
aim	to increase visibility of German-language novels ⓘ to promote German-language contemporary literature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	German Book Prize ⓘ linked to: Deutscher Buchpreis
associatedEvent	Frankfurt Book Fair opening week ⓘ
awardFor	best German-language novel of the year ⓘ
awardingBodyType	publishers association ⓘ
ceremonyCoincidesWith	Frankfurt Book Fair ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
eligibility	authors writing in German ⓘ novels first published in German in the current year ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
firstAwarded	2005 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	novel ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.deutscher-buchpreis.de ⓘ
inception	2005 ⓘ
jury	independent jury of literary experts ⓘ
languageOfEligibleWorks	German ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
longlistSize	20 titles ⓘ
monetaryValue	2500 euro for each shortlisted author ⓘ 25000 euro for the winner ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the most important German-language book prizes ⓘ
organisedBy	Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels ⓘ linked to: German Publishers and Booksellers Association
presentedBy	Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels ⓘ linked to: German Publishers and Booksellers Association
selectionProcess	final winner ⓘ longlist ⓘ shortlist ⓘ
selectionStageCount	three stages ⓘ
shortlistSize	6 titles ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Deutscher Börsenverein ⓘ Stiftung Buchkultur und Leseförderung des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels ⓘ linked to: German Publishers and Booksellers Association
typicalAwardMonth	October ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Terézia Mora → awardReceived → Deutscher Buchpreis ⓘ

Saša Stanišić → awardReceived → Deutscher Buchpreis ⓘ

Das Ungeheuer → awarded → German Book Prize ⓘ