El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell
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"El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell" is a short fictionalized biographical sketch by Jorge Luis Borges that recounts the life and crimes of a ruthless con man who exploits and betrays enslaved people in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6827711 — 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: El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell Context triple: [Historia universal de la infamia, hasPart, El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell]
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A.
The Book of Dolores
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B.
The Redeemer of Man
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C.
The Salvation Hunters
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D.
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E.
El Señor Caído de Monserrate
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- 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: El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell Target entity description: "El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell" is a short fictionalized biographical sketch by Jorge Luis Borges that recounts the life and crimes of a ruthless con man who exploits and betrays enslaved people in the American South.
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A.
The Book of Dolores
The Book of Dolores is an experimental, illustrated work by William T. Vollmann that blends memoir, photography, and meditations on gender through his female alter ego, Dolores.
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B.
The Redeemer of Man
The Redeemer of Man is the English title of Pope John Paul II’s 1979 encyclical *Redemptor Hominis*, which outlines his vision of Christ-centered human dignity and the mission of the Church in the modern world.
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C.
The Salvation Hunters
The Salvation Hunters is a 1925 silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, regarded as an influential early work of American independent cinema.
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D.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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E.
El Señor Caído de Monserrate
El Señor Caído de Monserrate is a revered statue of the Fallen Christ venerated as the central devotional figure of the Monserrate Sanctuary in Bogotá, Colombia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalized biographical sketch
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical criminal Lazarus Morell ⓘ |
| collectionTheme | infamy and notorious figures ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
enslaved people in the American South
ⓘ
fraudulent liberation schemes ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical fiction
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fiction ⓘ infamy tale ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | The Atrocious Redeemer Lazarus Morell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainAntagonist | Lazarus Morell himself NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | first edition of Historia universal de la infamia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
North American crime histories
ⓘ
popular chronicles of outlaws ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | Borgesian ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lazarus Morell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
mixing fact and fiction
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pseudo-biographical account ⓘ |
| originalTitle | El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Historia universal de la infamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistRole |
con man
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criminal ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition | Editorial Tor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
confidence schemes
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crime ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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deception ⓘ exploitation ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ slavery ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
ⓘ
macabre ⓘ moralistic ⓘ |
| workLength | short ⓘ |
| workType | short prose piece ⓘ |
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Subject: El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell Description of subject: "El atroz redentor Lazarus Morell" is a short fictionalized biographical sketch by Jorge Luis Borges that recounts the life and crimes of a ruthless con man who exploits and betrays enslaved people in the American South.
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