Harry Crews
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Harry Crews was an American novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, darkly comic portrayals of Southern rural life and grotesque characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harry Crews canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17209712 — 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: Harry Crews Context triple: [Donald Ray Pollock, influencedBy, Harry Crews]
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A.
Donald Windham
Donald Windham was an American novelist and memoirist known for his close association with writers like Tennessee Williams and for whose legacy the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize was established.
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B.
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison was an American author and poet best known for his novella "Legends of the Fall" and his vivid, nature-infused depictions of rural American life.
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C.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
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D.
James Sallis
James Sallis is an American crime and science fiction writer best known for his neo-noir novel "Drive," which was adapted into the 2011 film of the same name.
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E.
W. W. Graham
W. W. Graham was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and Himalayas, including several previously unclimbed peaks.
- 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: Harry Crews Target entity description: Harry Crews was an American novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, darkly comic portrayals of Southern rural life and grotesque characters.
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A.
Donald Windham
Donald Windham was an American novelist and memoirist known for his close association with writers like Tennessee Williams and for whose legacy the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize was established.
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B.
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison was an American author and poet best known for his novella "Legends of the Fall" and his vivid, nature-infused depictions of rural American life.
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C.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American author best known for his classic Western novel "The Ox-Bow Incident," which explores themes of mob justice and moral responsibility.
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D.
James Sallis
James Sallis is an American crime and science fiction writer best known for his neo-noir novel "Drive," which was adapted into the 2011 film of the same name.
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E.
W. W. Graham
W. W. Graham was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and Himalayas, including several previously unclimbed peaks.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.