Craig Raine
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Craig Raine is a British poet and critic best known as a leading figure of the 1970s–80s "Martian" school of poetry, noted for its startling, estranging metaphors and imaginative re-descriptions of everyday life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Craig Raine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8848357 — 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: Craig Raine Context triple: [Christopher Reid, influencedBy, Craig Raine]
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A.
Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting was a British modernist poet best known for his long poem "Briggflatts" and his association with the Objectivist movement.
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B.
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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C.
Geoffrey Hill
Geoffrey Hill was a highly acclaimed English poet and critic renowned for his dense, allusive verse and exploration of history, religion, and morality.
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D.
Thom Gunn
Thom Gunn was an English-born poet known for his formal mastery, exploration of themes like identity and sexuality, and his influential role in both British and American postwar poetry.
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E.
Edward Bishop
Edward Bishop was a 17th-century New England resident known primarily as the husband of Bridget Bishop, the first person executed during the Salem witch trials.
- 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: Craig Raine Target entity description: Craig Raine is a British poet and critic best known as a leading figure of the 1970s–80s "Martian" school of poetry, noted for its startling, estranging metaphors and imaginative re-descriptions of everyday life.
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A.
Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting was a British modernist poet best known for his long poem "Briggflatts" and his association with the Objectivist movement.
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B.
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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C.
Geoffrey Hill
Geoffrey Hill was a highly acclaimed English poet and critic renowned for his dense, allusive verse and exploration of history, religion, and morality.
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D.
Thom Gunn
Thom Gunn was an English-born poet known for his formal mastery, exploration of themes like identity and sexuality, and his influential role in both British and American postwar poetry.
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E.
Edward Bishop
Edward Bishop was a 17th-century New England resident known primarily as the husband of Bridget Bishop, the first person executed during the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
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human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Somerset Maugham Award
NERFINISHED
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Whitbread Poetry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-12-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Barnard Castle School
NERFINISHED
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Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Faber and Faber
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Raine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary poetry
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.craigraine.com/ ⓘ |
| influenced | Martian school of poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Martian poetry ⓘ |
| name | Craig Raine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home
NERFINISHED
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Clay NERFINISHED ⓘ Collected Poems 1978–1999 NERFINISHED ⓘ History: The Home Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ Rich ⓘ The Onion, Memory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
estranging metaphors
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imaginative re-descriptions of everyday life ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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critic ⓘ editor ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bishop Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow in English at New College, Oxford
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editor at Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| relative | Boris Pasternak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Ann Pasternak Slater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Craig Raine Description of subject: Craig Raine is a British poet and critic best known as a leading figure of the 1970s–80s "Martian" school of poetry, noted for its startling, estranging metaphors and imaginative re-descriptions of everyday life.
Referenced by (1)
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