Terry Tempest Williams
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Terry Tempest Williams is an American writer, conservationist, and activist known for her lyrical explorations of environmental issues, public lands, and the American West.
All labels observed (1)
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| Terry Tempest Williams canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4580637 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Tempest Williams Context triple: [Sierra Club John Muir Award, hasNotableRecipient, Terry Tempest Williams]
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Linda Hogan
Linda Hogan is a Chickasaw poet, novelist, and environmentalist whose work powerfully explores Native American identity, history, and relationships with the natural world.
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Gretel Ehrlich
Gretel Ehrlich is an American author and essayist best known for her nature writing and reflections on rural life, particularly in works like "The Solace of Open Spaces."
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C.
Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen was a Native American poet, novelist, critic, and scholar whose work powerfully advanced Indigenous feminism and Native American literary studies.
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D.
Diane Glancy
Diane Glancy is a contemporary Native American writer and poet known for exploring Indigenous identity, history, and spirituality through experimental fiction, poetry, and drama.
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E.
Leslie Marmon Silko
Leslie Marmon Silko is a Native American (Laguna Pueblo) novelist, poet, and essayist whose work, including the acclaimed novel "Ceremony," is central to contemporary Indigenous literature in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Terry Tempest Williams Target entity description: Terry Tempest Williams is an American writer, conservationist, and activist known for her lyrical explorations of environmental issues, public lands, and the American West.
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A.
Linda Hogan
Linda Hogan is a Chickasaw poet, novelist, and environmentalist whose work powerfully explores Native American identity, history, and relationships with the natural world.
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B.
Gretel Ehrlich
Gretel Ehrlich is an American author and essayist best known for her nature writing and reflections on rural life, particularly in works like "The Solace of Open Spaces."
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C.
Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen was a Native American poet, novelist, critic, and scholar whose work powerfully advanced Indigenous feminism and Native American literary studies.
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D.
Diane Glancy
Diane Glancy is a contemporary Native American writer and poet known for exploring Indigenous identity, history, and spirituality through experimental fiction, poetry, and drama.
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E.
Leslie Marmon Silko
Leslie Marmon Silko is a Native American (Laguna Pueblo) novelist, poet, and essayist whose work, including the acclaimed novel "Ceremony," is central to contemporary Indigenous literature in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
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conservationist ⓘ environmentalist ⓘ essayist ⓘ feminist ⓘ human ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association
NERFINISHED
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Stegner Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-09-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
environmental activism
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environmental literature ⓘ feminist literature ⓘ nature writing ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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nature writing ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | contemporary nature writers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for U.S. national parks
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lyrical explorations of environmental issues ⓘ opposition to nuclear testing in the American West ⓘ writing about public lands ⓘ writing about the American West ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
American environmentalism
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Western American literature NERFINISHED ⓘ ecofeminism ⓘ environmental movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Erosion: Essays of Undoing
NERFINISHED
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Finding Beauty in a Broken World NERFINISHED ⓘ Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Corona, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
writer-in-residence at the Harvard Divinity School
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writer-in-residence at the University of Utah ⓘ |
| religion | Mormonism ⓘ |
| residence |
Castle Valley, Utah
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Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Brooke Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
American national parks
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Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Salt Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ desert landscapes of the American West ⓘ environmental justice ⓘ women’s voices and silence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Terry Tempest Williams Description of subject: Terry Tempest Williams is an American writer, conservationist, and activist known for her lyrical explorations of environmental issues, public lands, and the American West.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.