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August Prize

Swedish literary award
Intangible literary_award Q511874
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Summary

August Prize is a literary award[1]. It draws 189 Wikipedia views per month (literary award category, ranking #76 of 526).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Sweden[3]
  • Named after: August Strindberg[4]
  • Commons category: Augustpriset[5]
  • Inception: 1989[6]
  • Official website: http://augustpriset.se/[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Augustpriset[8]
  • Conferred by: Swedish Publishers' Association[9]
  • Native label: Augustpriset[10]
  • Different from: Q141736901[11]
  • Prize money: 100,000 Swedish krona[12]
  • Category for recipients of this award: Category:August Prize winners[13]
  • Month of the year: November[14]
  • P14541: 2m81iD[15]

Why It Matters

August Prize has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Henning Mankell Kerstin Ekman Per Olov Enquist Sweden Tomas Tranströmer

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Literary awards of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Literary awards of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Literary awards of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Literary awards of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Literary awards of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Literary awards of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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