RSL Benson Medal

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The RSL Benson Medal is a prestigious literary award presented by the Royal Society of Literature to honor exceptional achievement in literature across any language.

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RSL Benson Medal canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf award ⓘ
literary award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Benson Medal ⓘ
awardedFor exceptional achievement in literature ⓘ
lifetime achievement in literature ⓘ
awardFrequency annual ⓘ
awardingOrganizationFocus promotion of literature ⓘ
awardingOrganizationType learned society ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility international authors ⓘ
writers in any language ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
genre literary achievement award ⓘ
hasAwardingBody Royal Society of Literature ⓘ
hasPhysicalForm medal ⓘ
hasType lifetime achievement award ⓘ
inception 1916 ⓘ
isPartOf Royal Society of Literature awards ⓘ
languageEligibility any language ⓘ
locationOfAwardingBody London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
namedAfter A. C. Benson ⓘ
Arthur Christopher Benson ⓘ
linked to: A. C. Benson
notableRecipient Chinua Achebe ⓘ
Doris Lessing ⓘ
Harold Pinter ⓘ
J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
Philip Larkin ⓘ
Salman Rushdie ⓘ
Seamus Heaney ⓘ
V. S. Naipaul ⓘ
W. H. Auden ⓘ
presentedBy Royal Society of Literature ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
status active ⓘ

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Royal Society of Literature → awards → RSL Benson Medal ⓘ
Royal Society of Literature → awards → RSL Benson Medal ⓘ
subject linked to: RSL