Michael Longley
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Michael Longley is a distinguished Northern Irish poet renowned for his lyrical explorations of nature, memory, and the Troubles, and is regarded as one of the leading contemporary voices in Irish poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Longley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4569496 — 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: Michael Longley Context triple: [T. S. Eliot Prize, hasAwarded, Michael Longley]
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A.
Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon is an acclaimed Northern Irish poet known for his inventive language, complex forms, and influential contributions to contemporary poetry.
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B.
Michael Hartnett
Michael Hartnett was a prominent Irish poet known for his lyrical style and his work in both English and Irish, often exploring themes of language, identity, and rural life.
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C.
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh was a 20th-century Irish poet whose plainspoken, rural-themed verse profoundly shaped modern Irish poetry and influenced later writers such as Seamus Heaney.
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D.
Douglas Dunn
Douglas Dunn is a Scottish poet, editor, and academic known for his reflective verse and significant contributions to contemporary British poetry.
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E.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, and Nobel laureate renowned for his lyrical explorations of rural life, history, and identity.
- 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: Michael Longley Target entity description: Michael Longley is a distinguished Northern Irish poet renowned for his lyrical explorations of nature, memory, and the Troubles, and is regarded as one of the leading contemporary voices in Irish poetry.
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A.
Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon is an acclaimed Northern Irish poet known for his inventive language, complex forms, and influential contributions to contemporary poetry.
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B.
Michael Hartnett
Michael Hartnett was a prominent Irish poet known for his lyrical style and his work in both English and Irish, often exploring themes of language, identity, and rural life.
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C.
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh was a 20th-century Irish poet whose plainspoken, rural-themed verse profoundly shaped modern Irish poetry and influenced later writers such as Seamus Heaney.
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D.
Douglas Dunn
Douglas Dunn is a Scottish poet, editor, and academic known for his reflective verse and significant contributions to contemporary British poetry.
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E.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, and Nobel laureate renowned for his lyrical explorations of rural life, history, and identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish poet
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Northern Irish poet ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Griffin Poetry Prize (International)
NERFINISHED
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Hawthornden Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish Times Poetry Now Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitbread Poetry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfred Owen Poetry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Derek Mahon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-07-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Trinity College Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Longley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | poetry ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
World War I poetry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
classical literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Aosdána NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Irish poetry renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Michael Longley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
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Irish ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
interweaving of classical myth with contemporary conflict
ⓘ
lyrical treatment of the Troubles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Exploded View
NERFINISHED
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Angel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Gorse Fires NERFINISHED ⓘ No Continuing City NERFINISHED ⓘ Snow Water NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghost Orchid NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stairwell NERFINISHED ⓘ The Weather in Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
ⓘ
translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Ireland Professor of Poetry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Poet Laureate for Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Belfast
NERFINISHED
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County Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Edna Longley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied | classics ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
memory
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nature ⓘ the Troubles in Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael Longley Description of subject: Michael Longley is a distinguished Northern Irish poet renowned for his lyrical explorations of nature, memory, and the Troubles, and is regarded as one of the leading contemporary voices in Irish poetry.
Referenced by (1)
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