Edgar Awards
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literary award for work in the crime genre
Key facts
- Type
- Mystery fiction awards
- Country
- United States
- Website
- theedgars .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Official name
- Edgar
- Country
- United States
- Official website
- edgarawards.com
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- category for recipients of this award
- Category:Edgar Award winners
- sponsor
- Mystery Writers of America
- Commons category
- Edgar Award winners
- topic's main category
- Category:Edgar Awards
- inception
- 1946-00-00
- conferred by
- Mystery Writers of America
- native label
- Edgar Awards
- start time
- 1955-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Edgar Awards, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America which is based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year.
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