Austin Clarke
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Austin Clarke is a Barbadian-Canadian novelist and short story writer renowned for his explorations of race, immigration, and Caribbean diasporic life in Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Austin Clarke canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3475098 — 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.
Target entity: Austin Clarke Context triple: [Clarke, hasNotableBearer, Austin Clarke]
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Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart was a Canadian-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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William Eugene Drummond
William Eugene Drummond was an American architect associated with Frank Lloyd Wright who became a key figure in developing and promoting the Prairie School style in the early 20th century.
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C.
John Clarke
John Clarke was a 17th-century English-born Baptist minister, physician, and colonial leader best known as a co-founder of Rhode Island and a key advocate for religious liberty in early America.
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D.
Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly was an American character actor of the 1930s known for his comic and often blustery supporting roles in Hollywood films.
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E.
Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan was an influential American poet associated with the mid-20th-century San Francisco Renaissance, known for his innovative, myth-infused verse and central role in postwar experimental poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Austin Clarke Target entity description: Austin Clarke is a Barbadian-Canadian novelist and short story writer renowned for his explorations of race, immigration, and Caribbean diasporic life in Canada.
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A.
Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart was a Canadian-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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B.
William Eugene Drummond
William Eugene Drummond was an American architect associated with Frank Lloyd Wright who became a key figure in developing and promoting the Prairie School style in the early 20th century.
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C.
John Clarke
John Clarke was a 17th-century English-born Baptist minister, physician, and colonial leader best known as a co-founder of Rhode Island and a key advocate for religious liberty in early America.
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D.
Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly was an American character actor of the 1930s known for his comic and often blustery supporting roles in Hollywood films.
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E.
Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan was an influential American poet associated with the mid-20th-century San Francisco Renaissance, known for his innovative, myth-infused verse and central role in postwar experimental poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
journalist
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novelist ⓘ person ⓘ short story writer ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
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surface form:
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
Giller Prize ⓘ Order of Canada ⓘ Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize ⓘ Trillium Book Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Barbados
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Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-07-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-06-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harrison College
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University of Toronto ⓘ |
| employer |
Duke University
ⓘ
Glendon Campus ⓘ
surface form:
Glendon College, York University
University of Texas at Austin ⓘ Western University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Western Ontario
Yale University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Barbadian
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Black Canadian ⓘ |
| familyName | Clarke ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical writing
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fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| givenName | Austin ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Black Canadian literature
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Caribbean diaspora literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Caribbean Canadians
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surface form:
Caribbean diaspora in Canada
immigration ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ race ⓘ |
| name | Austin Clarke self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack
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Nine Men Who Laughed ⓘ Storm of Fortune ⓘ The Bigger Light ⓘ The Meeting Point ⓘ The Polished Hoe ⓘ The Question ⓘ When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks ⓘ |
| occupation |
broadcaster
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journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. James, Barbados ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Toronto
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surface form:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| positionHeld |
cultural attaché for Barbados in Washington, D.C.
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writer-in-residence at University of Toronto ⓘ writer-in-residence at University of Western Ontario ⓘ |
| residence |
Toronto
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surface form:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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