Akutagawa Prize

semi-annual Japanese literary award
Intangible literary_award Q424160
Akutagawa Prize
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Summary

Akutagawa Prize is a literary award[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of literary_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,716 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Akutagawa Prize is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Akutagawa Prize's instance of is recorded as literary award[4].
  • Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is named after Akutagawa Prize[5].
  • Akutagawa Prize's Commons category is recorded as Akutagawa Prize[6].
  • 1935 marks the founding of Akutagawa Prize[7].
  • Akutagawa Prize's official website is recorded as http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/akutagawa/[8].
  • Akutagawa Prize's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Akutagawa Prize[9].
  • Akutagawa Prize's conferred by is recorded as Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature[10].
  • Akutagawa Prize's described by source is recorded as Oxford Companion to the Book (First Edition)[11].
  • Akutagawa Prize's topic has template is recorded as Template:Akutagawa Prize winners[12].
  • Akutagawa Prize's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '芥川賞'}[13].
  • Akutagawa Prize's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '芥川龍之介賞'}[14].
  • Akutagawa Prize's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '芥川賞'}[15].
  • Akutagawa Prize's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Akutagawa Prize winners[16].
  • Akutagawa Prize's P14541 is recorded as 4fTzn0[17].

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Definition and Type

Akutagawa Prize's instance of is recorded as literary award[4].

Origins

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is named after Akutagawa Prize[5]. 1935 marks the founding of it[7].

Why It Matters

Akutagawa Prize ranks in the top 7% of literary_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,716 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Oxford Companion to the Book (First Edition). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · H00000000000 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nickname → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '芥川賞'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bcl', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nickname: 芥川賞"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '芥川龍之介賞'}, {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '芥川賞'}
    P14541 → 4fTzn0
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  3. 23w ago · Yukkuri Shambis · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
    Country → Japan
    Named after → —
    Conferred by → Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: 芥川龍之介賞"
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