T.C. Boyle
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T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| T.C. Boyle canonical | 3 |
| T. Coraghessan Boyle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: T.C. Boyle Context triple: [Iowa Writers' Workshop, notableAlumni, T.C. Boyle]
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A.
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
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B.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
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C.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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D.
Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford is a film editor known for his work on major blockbuster movies, including several entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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E.
Dan Jewett
Dan Jewett is an American science teacher known for his brief marriage to billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott.
- 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: T.C. Boyle Target entity description: T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
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A.
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.
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B.
Adam Johnson
Adam Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his novel "The Orphan Master's Son," which explores life in North Korea.
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C.
William Faulks
William Faulks is known as the son of British novelist Sebastian Faulks.
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D.
Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford is a film editor known for his work on major blockbuster movies, including several entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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E.
Dan Jewett
Dan Jewett is an American science teacher known for his brief marriage to billionaire philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ professor ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
B.A.
ⓘ
M.F.A. ⓘ Ph.D. ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
T.C. Boyle
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surface form:
T. Coraghessan Boyle
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| awardReceived |
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
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O. Henry Award ⓘ PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas John Boyle ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-12-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Iowa Writers' Workshop
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SUNY Potsdam ⓘ
surface form:
State University of New York at Potsdam
University of Iowa ⓘ |
| employer | University of Southern California ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary fiction
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literature ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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postmodern fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American culture
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class and inequality ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental issues ⓘ immigration ⓘ social issues ⓘ |
| movement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| name | T.C. Boyle self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark humor in literature
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exploration of social and environmental themes in fiction ⓘ short story collections ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Friend of the Earth
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Budding Prospects ⓘ Drop City ⓘ Stories (short story collection, 1992) ⓘ Talk Talk ⓘ The Harder They Come ⓘ The Road to Wellville ⓘ The Tortilla Curtain ⓘ The Women ⓘ Water Music ⓘ When the Killing's Done ⓘ World's End ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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short story writer ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| periodActive |
21st century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Peekskill, New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Peekskill, New York, United States
|
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
darkly comic
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linguistically playful ⓘ stylistically inventive ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: T.C. Boyle Description of subject: T.C. Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and exploration of social and environmental themes.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
T. Coraghessan Boyle