Hanya Yanagihara
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Hanya Yanagihara is an American novelist and editor best known for her critically acclaimed and emotionally intense novel "A Little Life."
All labels observed (1)
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| Hanya Yanagihara canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592330 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hanya Yanagihara Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Hanya Yanagihara]
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A.
Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozeki is an American-Canadian novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest known for her genre-blending, contemplative works such as "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness."
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B.
Benjamin Lerner
Benjamin Lerner is an alumnus of Central High School in Philadelphia, likely recognized as a notable graduate of the institution.
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C.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer is a contemporary American novelist known for his inventive narrative style and emotionally resonant works such as "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which often explore themes of Jewish identity, memory, and trauma.
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D.
David Nicholls
David Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter best known for his bestselling novel "One Day" and its film and television adaptations.
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E.
Eyal Waldman
Eyal Waldman is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hanya Yanagihara Target entity description: Hanya Yanagihara is an American novelist and editor best known for her critically acclaimed and emotionally intense novel "A Little Life."
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A.
Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozeki is an American-Canadian novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest known for her genre-blending, contemplative works such as "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness."
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B.
Benjamin Lerner
Benjamin Lerner is an alumnus of Central High School in Philadelphia, likely recognized as a notable graduate of the institution.
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C.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer is a contemporary American novelist known for his inventive narrative style and emotionally resonant works such as "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which often explore themes of Jewish identity, memory, and trauma.
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D.
David Nicholls
David Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter best known for his bestselling novel "One Day" and its film and television adaptations.
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E.
Eyal Waldman
Eyal Waldman is an Israeli entrepreneur and engineer best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of high-performance networking company Mellanox Technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
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novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Kirkus Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1974-09-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Smith College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | The New York Times Style Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Yanagihara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary literature
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magazine editing ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Hanya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkAdaptation | stage adaptation of A Little Life ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Hanya Yanagihara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Booker Prize
NERFINISHED
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National Book Award for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | A Little Life being widely discussed for its emotional intensity ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Little Life
NERFINISHED
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The People in the Trees NERFINISHED ⓘ To Paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| positionHeld | editor-in-chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork |
2013 (The People in the Trees)
NERFINISHED
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2015 (A Little Life) NERFINISHED ⓘ 2022 (To Paradise) ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| writingStyleCharacteristic |
emotionally intense narratives
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focus on trauma and friendship ⓘ |
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