Lydia Davis
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Lydia Davis is an American writer renowned for her extremely short, experimental short stories and her acclaimed translations of French literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lydia Davis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6828208 — 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: Lydia Davis Context triple: [Paul Auster, spouse, Lydia Davis]
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A.
Anne Hartnett
Anne Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hartnett.
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B.
Jorie Graham
Jorie Graham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet renowned for her intellectually rigorous, formally innovative work that explores history, perception, and the natural world.
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C.
C. D. Wright
C. D. Wright was an American poet known for her innovative, genre-blurring work that often explored place, justice, and the voices of marginalized communities.
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D.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
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E.
Lydia West
Lydia West is a British actress best known for her acclaimed role in the television drama series "It's a Sin."
- 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: Lydia Davis Target entity description: Lydia Davis is an American writer renowned for her extremely short, experimental short stories and her acclaimed translations of French literature.
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A.
Anne Hartnett
Anne Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hartnett.
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B.
Jorie Graham
Jorie Graham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet renowned for her intellectually rigorous, formally innovative work that explores history, perception, and the natural world.
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C.
C. D. Wright
C. D. Wright was an American poet known for her innovative, genre-blurring work that often explored place, justice, and the voices of marginalized communities.
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D.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
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E.
Lydia West
Lydia West is a British actress best known for her acclaimed role in the television drama series "It's a Sin."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ short story writer ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
NERFINISHED
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MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ Man Booker International Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Whiting Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-07-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Barnard College
NERFINISHED
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Reed College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University at Albany, SUNY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary literature
ⓘ
literary translation ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental literature
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flash fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasChild | Daniel Auster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experimental prose style
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extremely short short stories ⓘ translations of French literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAuthorTranslated |
Gustave Flaubert
NERFINISHED
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Marcel Proust NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Blanchot NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Leiris NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Jean Jouve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Almost No Memory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Break It Down NERFINISHED ⓘ Can’t and Won’t NERFINISHED ⓘ Essays One NERFINISHED ⓘ Essays Two NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Johnson Is Indignant ⓘ The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Varieties of Disturbance NERFINISHED ⓘ translation of Madame Bovary ⓘ translation of Swann’s Way ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Northampton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alan Cote
NERFINISHED
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Paul Auster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedFrom | French ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lydia Davis Description of subject: Lydia Davis is an American writer renowned for her extremely short, experimental short stories and her acclaimed translations of French literature.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.