Les Éditions de Minuit
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Les Éditions de Minuit is a renowned French publishing house known for its role in the literary Resistance during World War II and for publishing major works of the Nouveau Roman and contemporary French literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Éditions de Minuit canonical | 14 |
| Éditions de Minuit | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1277691 — 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: Les Éditions de Minuit Context triple: [Dawn, publisher, Les Éditions de Minuit]
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A.
Éditions du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil is a major French publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary fiction, essays, and social sciences.
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B.
Éditions G. Crès
Éditions G. Crès was a French publishing house active in the early 20th century, known for issuing influential literary and intellectual works.
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C.
Grove Press
Grove Press is an influential American publishing house known for championing avant-garde, politically radical, and previously censored literature.
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D.
Einaudi
Einaudi is a renowned Italian publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary, philosophical, and political works.
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E.
Boni & Liveright
Boni & Liveright was an influential early 20th-century American publishing house known for championing modernist and avant-garde literature.
- 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: Les Éditions de Minuit Target entity description: Les Éditions de Minuit is a renowned French publishing house known for its role in the literary Resistance during World War II and for publishing major works of the Nouveau Roman and contemporary French literature.
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A.
Éditions du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil is a major French publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary fiction, essays, and social sciences.
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B.
Éditions G. Crès
Éditions G. Crès was a French publishing house active in the early 20th century, known for issuing influential literary and intellectual works.
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C.
Grove Press
Grove Press is an influential American publishing house known for championing avant-garde, politically radical, and previously censored literature.
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D.
Einaudi
Einaudi is a renowned Italian publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary, philosophical, and political works.
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E.
Boni & Liveright
Boni & Liveright was an influential early 20th-century American publishing house known for championing modernist and avant-garde literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French company
ⓘ
publishing house ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Les Éditions de Minuit
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surface form:
Éditions de Minuit
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| earlyPublications |
clandestine pamphlets
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resistance texts ⓘ |
| focus |
experimental literature
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innovative narrative forms ⓘ |
| foundedAs | underground publishing house ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jean Bruller
ⓘ
Yvonne Paraf ⓘ |
| foundedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
ⓘ
humanities ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasNotableSeries |
“Double” collection
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“Revue de littérature générale” ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
essays
ⓘ
novels ⓘ plays ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| historicalRole | clandestine publisher under German Occupation in France ⓘ |
| inception | 1941 ⓘ |
| industry | book publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| location | Paris ⓘ |
| movement | Nouveau Roman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clandestine publishing during World War II
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publishing Nouveau Roman authors ⓘ publishing contemporary French literature ⓘ role in the French literary Resistance ⓘ |
| politicalContext | French Resistance ⓘ |
| publishedAuthor |
Alain Robbe-Grillet
ⓘ
Claude Simon ⓘ Jean Echenoz ⓘ Jean-Philippe Toussaint ⓘ Laurent Mauvignier ⓘ Marguerite Duras ⓘ Nathalie Sarraute ⓘ Robert Pinget ⓘ Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| publishedWork |
Waiting for Godot
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surface form:
En attendant Godot
La Jalousie ⓘ La Route des Flandres ⓘ The Stranger ⓘ
surface form:
L’Étranger (French edition by Albert Camus)
Moderato cantabile ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Les Éditions de Minuit Description of subject: Les Éditions de Minuit is a renowned French publishing house known for its role in the literary Resistance during World War II and for publishing major works of the Nouveau Roman and contemporary French literature.
Referenced by (16)
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this entity surface form:
Éditions de Minuit
this entity surface form:
Éditions de Minuit