Tracy K. Smith
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Tracy K. Smith is an acclaimed American poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate whose work explores history, identity, and the cosmos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tracy K. Smith canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009151 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tracy K. Smith Context triple: [Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, notableWinner, Tracy K. Smith]
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A.
Louise Glück
Louise Glück was an American poet and essayist renowned for her austere, lyrical explorations of loss, family, and the self, and was widely celebrated as one of the most important contemporary voices in American poetry.
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B.
Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine is a Jamaican-born American poet, playwright, and essayist renowned for her genre-blending works that confront race, citizenship, and contemporary American life, particularly in her acclaimed book "Citizen: An American Lyric."
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C.
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is a Muscogee (Creek) Nation poet, musician, and writer who became the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate and is celebrated for her powerful explorations of Indigenous identity, history, and resilience.
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D.
Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds is an American poet known for her candid, emotionally intense, and often autobiographical verse that explores family, sexuality, and trauma.
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E.
Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward is an acclaimed American novelist and two-time National Book Award winner known for her powerful portrayals of Black life in the rural U.S. South.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tracy K. Smith Target entity description: Tracy K. Smith is an acclaimed American poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate whose work explores history, identity, and the cosmos.
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A.
Louise Glück
Louise Glück was an American poet and essayist renowned for her austere, lyrical explorations of loss, family, and the self, and was widely celebrated as one of the most important contemporary voices in American poetry.
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B.
Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine is a Jamaican-born American poet, playwright, and essayist renowned for her genre-blending works that confront race, citizenship, and contemporary American life, particularly in her acclaimed book "Citizen: An American Lyric."
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C.
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo is a Muscogee (Creek) Nation poet, musician, and writer who became the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate and is celebrated for her powerful explorations of Indigenous identity, history, and resilience.
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D.
Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds is an American poet known for her candid, emotionally intense, and often autobiographical verse that explores family, sexuality, and trauma.
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E.
Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward is an acclaimed American novelist and two-time National Book Award winner known for her powerful portrayals of Black life in the rural U.S. South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
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human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Cave Canem Poetry Prize
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James Laughlin Award ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University School of the Arts
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literary editing
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memoir ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary poetry
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lyric poetry ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Tracy ⓘ |
| hasRole |
literary advocate
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public intellectual ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| name | Tracy K. Smith self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploring history in poetry
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exploring identity in poetry ⓘ exploring the cosmos in poetry ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Duende
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Life on Mars ⓘ Ordinary Light ⓘ The Body’s Question ⓘ Wade in the Water ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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poet ⓘ professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University
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United States Poet Laureate ⓘ
surface form:
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
Professor at Harvard University ⓘ Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University ⓘ United States Poet Laureate ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Harvard University
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Princeton University ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tracy K. Smith Description of subject: Tracy K. Smith is an acclaimed American poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate whose work explores history, identity, and the cosmos.
Referenced by (7)
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