Nathan Englander
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Nathan Englander is an American author known for his acclaimed short stories and novels that explore Jewish identity, history, and moral complexity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nathan Englander canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3718096 — 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: Nathan Englander Context triple: [Jewish American literature, hasNotableAuthor, Nathan Englander]
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A.
Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist known for her introspective, formally inventive works such as "The History of Love" and "Great House," which often explore memory, identity, and Jewish history.
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B.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer is a contemporary American novelist known for his inventive narrative style and emotionally resonant works such as "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which often explore themes of Jewish identity, memory, and trauma.
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C.
David Grossman
David Grossman is an acclaimed Israeli novelist and essayist known for his profound explorations of grief, conflict, and the human condition, particularly in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian experience.
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D.
Eyal Waldman
Eyal Waldman is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
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E.
Joshua Cohen
Joshua Cohen is an American political philosopher known for his work on democratic theory, deliberative democracy, and justice, often engaging with and extending the ideas of John Rawls.
- 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: Nathan Englander Target entity description: Nathan Englander is an American author known for his acclaimed short stories and novels that explore Jewish identity, history, and moral complexity.
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A.
Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist known for her introspective, formally inventive works such as "The History of Love" and "Great House," which often explore memory, identity, and Jewish history.
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B.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer is a contemporary American novelist known for his inventive narrative style and emotionally resonant works such as "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which often explore themes of Jewish identity, memory, and trauma.
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C.
David Grossman
David Grossman is an acclaimed Israeli novelist and essayist known for his profound explorations of grief, conflict, and the human condition, particularly in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian experience.
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D.
Eyal Waldman
Eyal Waldman is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
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E.
Joshua Cohen
Joshua Cohen is an American political philosopher known for his work on democratic theory, deliberative democracy, and justice, often engaging with and extending the ideas of John Rawls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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novelist ⓘ person ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
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surface form:
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction ⓘ PEN/Malamud Award ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Jewish diaspora experience
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Jewish history ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Iowa Writers' Workshop
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Binghamton University ⓘ
surface form:
State University of New York at Binghamton
|
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
|
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
novels ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasWrittenForm |
novel
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play ⓘ short story collection ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acclaimed short stories
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exploration of Jewish identity ⓘ moral and ethical dilemmas in fiction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dinner at the Center of the Earth
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For the Relief of Unbearable Urges ⓘ The Ministry of Special Cases ⓘ What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank ⓘ kaddish.com ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York City
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surface form:
New York
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousOrCulturalTheme |
Holocaust memory
ⓘ
Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
exploration of Jewish identity
ⓘ
focus on moral complexity ⓘ historical themes ⓘ use of dark humor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nathan Englander Description of subject: Nathan Englander is an American author known for his acclaimed short stories and novels that explore Jewish identity, history, and moral complexity.
Referenced by (1)
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