Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
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The Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary award honoring outstanding nonfiction books for adult readers.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2872395 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Context triple: [Doris Kearns Goodwin, awardReceived, Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction]
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Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is a prestigious British literary award given annually to an outstanding book for children or young adults.
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British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year
The British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year is a major UK literary prize recognizing outstanding non-fiction titles across a range of subjects.
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George Washington Book Prize
The George Washington Book Prize is a prestigious literary award honoring outstanding works on the founding era of the United States.
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National Book Award for Nonfiction
The National Book Award for Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of nonfiction published in the United States.
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E.
Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction
The Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction is a prestigious literary prize recognizing outstanding works of nonfiction that demonstrate exceptional literary merit and social insight.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Target entity description: The Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary award honoring outstanding nonfiction books for adult readers.
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A.
Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is a prestigious British literary award given annually to an outstanding book for children or young adults.
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B.
British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year
The British Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year is a major UK literary prize recognizing outstanding non-fiction titles across a range of subjects.
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C.
George Washington Book Prize
The George Washington Book Prize is a prestigious literary award honoring outstanding works on the founding era of the United States.
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D.
National Book Award for Nonfiction
The National Book Award for Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary prize honoring outstanding works of nonfiction published in the United States.
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E.
Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction
The Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction is a prestigious literary prize recognizing outstanding works of nonfiction that demonstrate exceptional literary merit and social insight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary award
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nonfiction book award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
RUSA
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Reference and User Services Association ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction ⓘ |
| awardAnnouncementTime | annually at ALA events ⓘ |
| awardedFor | outstanding nonfiction books for adult readers ⓘ |
| awardType | book award ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| currency | currently awarded ⓘ |
| eligibility |
books published in the United States in the previous year
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books written for adults ⓘ |
| field |
literature
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publishing ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2012 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory | Nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasMedium | books ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| namedAfter | Andrew Carnegie ⓘ |
| namedFor | Carnegie Corporation of New York endowment ⓘ |
| notableFor | recognizing high-quality adult nonfiction ⓘ |
| organizer | American Library Association ⓘ |
| partOf | Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
ALA
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American Library Association ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
based on recommendations from book reviewers
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judged by librarians ⓘ |
| sponsor | Carnegie Corporation of New York ⓘ |
| sponsorType | philanthropic foundation ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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Subject: Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Description of subject: The Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction is a prestigious American literary award honoring outstanding nonfiction books for adult readers.
Referenced by (4)
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Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (shortlist)
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linked to: Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
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Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
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linked to: Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
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Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
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linked to: Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction