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Belpré Medal

award given to Latino children's book authors and illustrators
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The Belpré Medal is an event in the United States. It was established in 1996.

Belpré Medal

Summary

Belpré Medal is a literary award[1]. It draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (literary_award category, ranking #84 of 526).[2]

Key Facts

  • Belpré Medal is in the country of United States[3].
  • Belpré Medal's instance of is recorded as literary award[4].
  • Belpré Medal's instance of is recorded as award[5].
  • Pura Belpré is named after Belpré Medal[6].
  • Belpré Medal's Commons category is recorded as Pura Belpré Award[7].
  • 1996 marks the founding of Belpré Medal[8].
  • Belpré Medal's conferred by is recorded as Association for Library Service to Children[9].
  • Belpré Medal's conferred by is recorded as REFORMA[10].
  • Belpré Medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Q135286290[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary award[4] and award[5].

Origins

Pura Belpré is named after Belpré Medal[6]. 1996 marks the founding of it[8].

Why It Matters

Belpré Medal draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (literary_award category, ranking #84 of 526).[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ala.org. ala.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ala.org. ala.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 3
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'es']
    Instance of → literary award, award
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q618779]]"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → literary award, award
    Imported from → —
    Commons category → Pura Belpré Award
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539961305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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