Yiyun Li
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Yiyun Li is a Chinese American author acclaimed for her introspective fiction and essays that explore themes of memory, identity, and the legacy of history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yiyun Li canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592284 — 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: Yiyun Li Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Yiyun Li]
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A.
Ha Jin
Ha Jin is a Chinese American novelist and poet renowned for his works exploring the Cultural Revolution and immigrant experiences, including the National Book Award–winning novel "Waiting."
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B.
Liu Rong
Liu Rong was a Han dynasty prince and briefly crown prince of Emperor Jing of Han before being deposed in a major court succession struggle.
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C.
Feng Jicai
Feng Jicai is a prominent Chinese writer, cultural scholar, and preservationist known for his fiction and his efforts to protect China's urban and folk cultural heritage.
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D.
Liao Yiwu
Liao Yiwu is a Chinese writer, poet, and dissident known for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government and his works documenting the lives of marginalized people in China.
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E.
Liwen Shao
Liwen Shao is a brilliant and ambitious Chinese businesswoman and technologist in the Pacific Rim universe, known for her pivotal role in developing advanced Jaeger drone technology.
- 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: Yiyun Li Target entity description: Yiyun Li is a Chinese American author acclaimed for her introspective fiction and essays that explore themes of memory, identity, and the legacy of history.
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A.
Ha Jin
Ha Jin is a Chinese American novelist and poet renowned for his works exploring the Cultural Revolution and immigrant experiences, including the National Book Award–winning novel "Waiting."
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B.
Liu Rong
Liu Rong was a Han dynasty prince and briefly crown prince of Emperor Jing of Han before being deposed in a major court succession struggle.
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C.
Feng Jicai
Feng Jicai is a prominent Chinese writer, cultural scholar, and preservationist known for his fiction and his efforts to protect China's urban and folk cultural heritage.
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D.
Liao Yiwu
Liao Yiwu is a Chinese writer, poet, and dissident known for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government and his works documenting the lives of marginalized people in China.
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E.
Liwen Shao
Liwen Shao is a brilliant and ambitious Chinese businesswoman and technologist in the Pacific Rim universe, known for her pivotal role in developing advanced Jaeger drone technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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novelist ⓘ person ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
NERFINISHED
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Guardian First Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award NERFINISHED ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Windham–Campbell Literature Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfResidence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| educatedAt |
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
NERFINISHED
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Peking University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
essays
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fiction ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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literary fiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| givenName | Yiyun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anton Chekhov
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ William Trevor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Chinese
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English ⓘ |
| movedTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Yiyun Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
NERFINISHED
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Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Boy, Emerald Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinder Than Solitude NERFINISHED ⓘ Must I Go NERFINISHED ⓘ The Book of Goose NERFINISHED ⓘ The Vagrants NERFINISHED ⓘ Where Reasons End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Creative Writing ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
grief
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history ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ memory ⓘ motherhood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yiyun Li Description of subject: Yiyun Li is a Chinese American author acclaimed for her introspective fiction and essays that explore themes of memory, identity, and the legacy of history.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.