Jenny Offill
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Jenny Offill is an American novelist and editor best known for her critically acclaimed, fragmentary novels such as "Dept. of Speculation" and "Weather."
All labels observed (1)
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| Jenny Offill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592291 — 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: Jenny Offill Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Jenny Offill]
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A.
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, and cultural critic known for her influential essays and books on feminism, race, body image, and pop culture, including the bestselling memoir "Hunger" and essay collection "Bad Feminist."
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B.
Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver is an American author best known for her provocative, psychologically incisive novels such as "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
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C.
Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist known for her introspective, formally inventive works such as "The History of Love" and "Great House," which often explore memory, identity, and Jewish history.
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D.
Claire Messud
Claire Messud is an American novelist and essayist best known for her psychologically incisive, character-driven fiction such as "The Emperor’s Children" and "The Woman Upstairs."
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E.
Vendela Vida
Vendela Vida is an American novelist, editor, and screenwriter known for her literary fiction and for co-founding the publishing house McSweeney’s.
- 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: Jenny Offill Target entity description: Jenny Offill is an American novelist and editor best known for her critically acclaimed, fragmentary novels such as "Dept. of Speculation" and "Weather."
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A.
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, and cultural critic known for her influential essays and books on feminism, race, body image, and pop culture, including the bestselling memoir "Hunger" and essay collection "Bad Feminist."
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B.
Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver is an American author best known for her provocative, psychologically incisive novels such as "We Need to Talk About Kevin."
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C.
Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist known for her introspective, formally inventive works such as "The History of Love" and "Great House," which often explore memory, identity, and Jewish history.
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D.
Claire Messud
Claire Messud is an American novelist and essayist best known for her psychologically incisive, character-driven fiction such as "The Emperor’s Children" and "The Woman Upstairs."
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E.
Vendela Vida
Vendela Vida is an American novelist, editor, and screenwriter known for her literary fiction and for co-founding the publishing house McSweeney’s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Folio Prize shortlist
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist ⓘ PEN/Faulkner Award finalist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| employer |
Brooklyn College
NERFINISHED
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Columbia University ⓘ Queens College, City University of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Syracuse University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Offill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary literature
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fiction writing ⓘ |
| genre |
fragmentary fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| givenName | Jenny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | one daughter ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Jenny Offill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depictions of climate anxiety and political unease in fiction
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exploration of marriage and motherhood in fiction ⓘ innovative fragmentary novel structure ⓘ |
| notableWork |
11 Experiments That Failed
NERFINISHED
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11 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life NERFINISHED ⓘ 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore NERFINISHED ⓘ American Weather NERFINISHED ⓘ Dept. of Speculation NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Things NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Weather NERFINISHED ⓘ While You Were Napping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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novelist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | David Haskell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
aphoristic prose
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fragmentary narrative ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jenny Offill Description of subject: Jenny Offill is an American novelist and editor best known for her critically acclaimed, fragmentary novels such as "Dept. of Speculation" and "Weather."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.