Adrienne Monnier
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Adrienne Monnier was a pioneering French bookseller, publisher, and literary figure who ran the influential Paris bookshop La Maison des Amis des Livres and helped foster the modernist literary scene of the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adrienne Monnier canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2140969 — 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: Adrienne Monnier Context triple: [Sylvia Beach, partner, Adrienne Monnier]
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A.
Sylvia Beach
Sylvia Beach was an American-born bookseller and publisher in Paris best known for founding the Shakespeare and Company bookstore and first publishing James Joyce’s *Ulysses*.
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B.
Madame Moitessier
Madame Moitessier is a celebrated mid-19th-century portrait painting by French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, renowned for its meticulous detail and idealized depiction of bourgeois elegance.
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C.
Benjamin Péret
Benjamin Péret was a French poet and staunch political radical best known as one of the central literary figures of the Surrealist movement.
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D.
Sigrid Cerf
Sigrid Cerf is the wife of internet pioneer Vinton Cerf and is known for her advocacy and work related to deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.
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E.
Adèle Zoë Tapié de Céleyran
Adèle Zoë Tapié de Céleyran was a French aristocrat best known as the mother of the Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
- 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: Adrienne Monnier Target entity description: Adrienne Monnier was a pioneering French bookseller, publisher, and literary figure who ran the influential Paris bookshop La Maison des Amis des Livres and helped foster the modernist literary scene of the early 20th century.
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A.
Sylvia Beach
Sylvia Beach was an American-born bookseller and publisher in Paris best known for founding the Shakespeare and Company bookstore and first publishing James Joyce’s *Ulysses*.
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B.
Madame Moitessier
Madame Moitessier is a celebrated mid-19th-century portrait painting by French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, renowned for its meticulous detail and idealized depiction of bourgeois elegance.
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C.
Benjamin Péret
Benjamin Péret was a French poet and staunch political radical best known as one of the central literary figures of the Surrealist movement.
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D.
Sigrid Cerf
Sigrid Cerf is the wife of internet pioneer Vinton Cerf and is known for her advocacy and work related to deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.
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E.
Adèle Zoë Tapié de Céleyran
Adèle Zoë Tapié de Céleyran was a French aristocrat best known as the mother of the Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bookseller
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literary figure ⓘ person ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
ⓘ
surface form:
Shakespeare and Company (bookshop)
|
| closeFriend | Sylvia Beach ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Sylvia Beach ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| employer |
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
ⓘ
surface form:
La Maison des Amis des Livres
|
| familyName | Monnier ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bookselling
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literature ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| founded |
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
ⓘ
surface form:
La Maison des Amis des Livres
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| genre |
essay
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Adrienne ⓘ |
| hosted |
literary discussions
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literary readings ⓘ |
| influenced | modernist writers in Paris ⓘ |
| knownFor |
encouraging exchange between French and Anglo-American writers
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publishing and promoting experimental literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name | Adrienne Monnier self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hosting a literary salon in Paris
ⓘ
Shakespeare and Company bookshop ⓘ
surface form:
running the bookshop La Maison des Amis des Livres in Paris
supporting modernist literature ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrProtégé | young French writers of the interwar period ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
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surface form:
La Maison des Amis des Livres
Rue de l’Odéon ⓘ The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier ⓘ |
| occupation |
bookseller
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editor ⓘ publisher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partner | Sylvia Beach ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Left Bank of the Seine
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surface form:
Left Bank, Paris
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| placeOfBirth | Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
manager of La Maison des Amis des Livres
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owner of La Maison des Amis des Livres ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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Rue de l’Odéon, Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris
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Rue de l’Odéon, Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adrienne Monnier Description of subject: Adrienne Monnier was a pioneering French bookseller, publisher, and literary figure who ran the influential Paris bookshop La Maison des Amis des Livres and helped foster the modernist literary scene of the early 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
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