Hugo Award for Best Novel

literary award for science fiction or fantasy novels in English
Event literary_award Q255032
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Hugo Award for Best Novel

Summary

Hugo Award for Best Novel is a literary award[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of literary_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,233 views/month, #1 of 526).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hugo Award for Best Novel won the Alfred Bester[3].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel won the Mark Clifton[4].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel won the Frank Riley[5].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel won the Robert A. Heinlein[6].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel won the Fritz Leiber[7].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel won the James Blish[8].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel's instance of is recorded as literary award[9].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel's part of is recorded as Hugo Award[10].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel's Commons category is recorded as Hugo Award for Best Novel[11].
  • +1953-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hugo Award for Best Novel[12].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yz0x[13].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel's official website is recorded as http://www.thehugoawards.org/[14].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hugo Award for Best Novel–winning works[15].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel's conferred by is recorded as World Science Fiction Society[16].
  • Hugo Award for Best Novel's described by source is recorded as Science Fiction Awards Database[17].

Body

Recognition

Wins include Alfred Bester[3], a novelist[18], 1913–1987[19], of United States[20], awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel[21]; Mark Clifton[4], a novelist[22], 1906–1963[23], of United States[24], awarded the it[25]; Frank Riley[5], a journalist[26], 1915–1996[27], of United States[28], awarded the it[29]; Robert A. Heinlein[6], a writer[30], 1907–1988[31], of United States[32], awarded the Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[33], specialised in literature[34]; Fritz Leiber[7], a novelist[35], 1910–1992[36], of United States[37], awarded the it[38], specialised in literature[39]; and James Blish[8], a writer[40], 1921–1975[41], of United States[42], awarded the it[43].

Why It Matters

Hugo Award for Best Novel ranks in the top 0.19% of literary_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,233 views/month, #1 of 526).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44]

FAQs

What awards did Hugo Award for Best Novel receive?

Honors received include Alfred Bester[3], Mark Clifton[4], Frank Riley[5], and Robert A. Heinlein[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . thehugoawards.org. Retrieved . thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . thehugoawards.org. Retrieved . thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [6] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [7] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [8] . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  23. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  25. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  26. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hugo Award for Best Novel. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-award-for-best-novel
MLA “Hugo Award for Best Novel.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-award-for-best-novel.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hugo-award-for-best-novel_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hugo Award for Best Novel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-award-for-best-novel}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Hugo Award for Best Novel — https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-award-for-best-novel (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-award-for-best-novel · Last refreshed: