Louis Zukofsky
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Louis Zukofsky was an American poet and key figure of the Objectivist movement, known for his formally innovative, intellectually dense verse and his long poem "A".
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| Louis Zukofsky canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Louis Zukofsky Context triple: [The Cantos, influenced, Louis Zukofsky]
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A.
John Berryman
John Berryman was an American poet best known for his intensely personal and innovative work, particularly the sequence "The Dream Songs," which helped define the confessional poetry movement.
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B.
Charles Olson
Charles Olson was an influential American poet and essayist associated with the Black Mountain school, known for his innovative "projective verse" theory and expansive, historically layered poetry.
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C.
E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings was an innovative American poet, painter, and playwright renowned for his unconventional syntax, typography, and playful use of language in modernist poetry.
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D.
Philip Whalen
Philip Whalen was an American poet associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance, known for his innovative, Zen-influenced verse.
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E.
Karl Shapiro
Karl Shapiro was an American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner known for his accessible, formally inventive verse and his role as a prominent mid-20th-century literary figure.
- 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: Louis Zukofsky Target entity description: Louis Zukofsky was an American poet and key figure of the Objectivist movement, known for his formally innovative, intellectually dense verse and his long poem "A".
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A.
John Berryman
John Berryman was an American poet best known for his intensely personal and innovative work, particularly the sequence "The Dream Songs," which helped define the confessional poetry movement.
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B.
Charles Olson
Charles Olson was an influential American poet and essayist associated with the Black Mountain school, known for his innovative "projective verse" theory and expansive, historically layered poetry.
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C.
E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings was an innovative American poet, painter, and playwright renowned for his unconventional syntax, typography, and playful use of language in modernist poetry.
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D.
Philip Whalen
Philip Whalen was an American poet associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance, known for his innovative, Zen-influenced verse.
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E.
Karl Shapiro
Karl Shapiro was an American poet and Pulitzer Prize winner known for his accessible, formally inventive verse and his role as a prominent mid-20th-century literary figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Objectivist poet
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human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Master of Arts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Objectivist movement
NERFINISHED
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Poetry magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
East Hampton
NERFINISHED
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New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Paul Zukofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-01-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-05-12 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Objectivist poet
ⓘ
formally innovative ⓘ intellectually dense ⓘ |
| edited | "An "Objectivists" Anthology" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia College, Columbia University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Zukofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literary criticism
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poetry ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| fullName | Louis Zukofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Charles Bernstein
NERFINISHED
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Language poets NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Silliman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ezra Pound
NERFINISHED
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T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Objectivist poetry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modernist poetry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
key role in Objectivist movement
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long poem "A" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"A"
NERFINISHED
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"A"-13–21 NERFINISHED ⓘ "A"-1–12 NERFINISHED ⓘ "A"-22 & 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ "A"-24 ⓘ "All: The Collected Short Poems" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Barely and Widely" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Bottom: On Shakespeare" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Ferdinand" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Prepositions: The Collected Critical Essays" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
NERFINISHED
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Port Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Celia Thaew Zukofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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