William S. Burroughs
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William S. Burroughs was an influential American novelist and essayist known for his experimental, transgressive works such as "Naked Lunch" and his central role in the development of postwar countercultural literature.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William S. Burroughs canonical | 55 |
| Burroughs | 2 |
| William Burroughs | 2 |
| William Burroughs (as art student context disputed) | 1 |
| William S. Burroughs Jr. | 1 |
| William Seward Burroughs II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T505622 — 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.
Target entity: William S. Burroughs Context triple: [Beat Generation, hasNotableMember, William S. Burroughs]
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A.
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet best known for pioneering the Beat Generation literary movement with works like "On the Road."
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B.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
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C.
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
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D.
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was an influential American poet and leading figure of the Beat movement, best known for his groundbreaking poem "Howl" and his role in 1950s–60s counterculture.
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E.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William S. Burroughs Target entity description: William S. Burroughs was an influential American novelist and essayist known for his experimental, transgressive works such as "Naked Lunch" and his central role in the development of postwar countercultural literature.
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A.
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet best known for pioneering the Beat Generation literary movement with works like "On the Road."
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B.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was a prominent American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for works like "The Naked and the Dead" and for co-founding The Village Voice.
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C.
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."
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D.
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was an influential American poet and leading figure of the Beat movement, best known for his groundbreaking poem "Howl" and his role in 1950s–60s counterculture.
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E.
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was an American novelist, editor, and critic best known for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance and his novel "The Blacker the Berry."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Beat Generation writer
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LGBT writer ⓘ counterculture figure ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ short story writer ⓘ spoken word artist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1914-02-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1997-08-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Lawrence, Kansas
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surface form:
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName |
William S. Burroughs
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Burroughs
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| fieldOfWork |
essays
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literature ⓘ spoken word performance ⓘ |
| fullName |
William S. Burroughs
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
William Seward Burroughs II
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| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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experimental fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ transgressive fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasInfluentialRoleIn |
Beat literature
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postwar countercultural literature ⓘ |
| hasSignatureWork | Naked Lunch ⓘ |
| influenced |
cyberpunk literature
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postmodern literature ⓘ punk culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Allen Ginsberg
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Jack Kerouac ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Beat Generation
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postmodern literature ⓘ postwar counterculture ⓘ |
| notableIdea | cut-up technique ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cities of the Red Night
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Junky ⓘ Naked Lunch ⓘ Nova Express ⓘ Queer ⓘ The Place of Dead Roads ⓘ The Soft Machine ⓘ The Ticket That Exploded ⓘ The Western Lands ⓘ The Wild Boys ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ short story writer ⓘ spoken word performer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| relative | William Seward Burroughs I ⓘ |
| residence |
Lawrence, Kansas
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surface form:
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
London, England ⓘ New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
Tangier ⓘ
surface form:
Tangier, Morocco
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| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Joan Vollmer ⓘ |
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Subject: William S. Burroughs Description of subject: William S. Burroughs was an influential American novelist and essayist known for his experimental, transgressive works such as "Naked Lunch" and his central role in the development of postwar countercultural literature.
Referenced by (62)
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