文學獎

文學獎是指頒發給優秀作家或优秀作品的獎項。
组织机构
大多数的文学奖其背后都有对应的组织机构。大部分奖项都是由非营利组织颁发，小部分由企业赞助以支付奖金和颁发活动费用，这些企业有时会将自己名称附在奖项上（如百利女性小說獎）。
奖项种类
包括小说和诗歌等文学形式都有其文学奖，许多奖项是为特定文学形式（如科幻小说和政治小说）而设立,还有许多奖项是为特定语言下的作品而设立，例如米格尔·德·塞万提斯奖（西班牙语）、卡蒙斯文學獎(葡萄牙语)，布克奖 、普利策奖、雨果奖
、国际IMPAC都柏林文学奖都是颁发给英语作品或作家的奖项。

其它国际奖项有诺贝尔文学奖、卡夫卡獎、耶路撒冷奖等。
参考来源
外部連結
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080316044800/http://www.bookprizeinfo.com/ Book Prize Information]: database of literary awards
*[http://litawards.googlepages.com/ Author Ranking by Literary Awards] : ranked lists of authors that received prominent literary award honors
*Best books of: [http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/11/2008_yearend_on.html 2008] , [http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2009/11/2009_yearend_on.html 2009] , [http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2009/11/best_of_the_dec.html 2000-2009] , [http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2010/11/online_best_of_3.html 2010] , Year-end "Best Books" lists aggregated at Largehearted Boy.
[http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10526 "The Art of Prize-Fighting"] , by Tom Chatfield in Prospect Magazine*, January 2009. Essay on the history and merit of modern literary prizes.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120315150314/http://thebusysignal.com/2010/11/27/75-notes-for-an-unwritten-essay-on-literary-prizes/ "75 Notes For An Unwritten Essay on Literary Prizes"], by Matthew Hunte, at "The Busy Signal" November 27, 2010. Essay-notes on the history of literary prizes.

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