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Somerset Maugham Award

British literary award (1947–)
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Somerset Maugham Award

Summary

Somerset Maugham Award is a literary award[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of literary_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Somerset Maugham Award is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Somerset Maugham Award's instance of is recorded as literary award[4].
  • William Somerset Maugham is named after Somerset Maugham Award[5].
  • 1947 marks the founding of Somerset Maugham Award[6].
  • Somerset Maugham Award began on 1947[7].
  • Somerset Maugham Award's official website is recorded as https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Society-of-Authors-Awards/Fiction/Somerset-Maugham[8].
  • Somerset Maugham Award's conferred by is recorded as Society of Authors[9].
  • Somerset Maugham Award's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Somerset Maugham Award'}[10].
  • Somerset Maugham Award's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Q7818655[11].

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When and Where

Somerset Maugham Award began on 1947[7]. It is in the country of United Kingdom[3].

Context

Somerset Maugham Award's instance of is recorded as literary award[4].

Why It Matters

Somerset Maugham Award ranks in the top 6% of literary_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 12d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Society-of-Authors-A
    Start time → —
    Start time → +1947-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q618779]]"
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