Hunger (novel)
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Hunger is an 1890 novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun that follows a struggling, unnamed writer’s psychological and physical descent into starvation and madness in a modern city, and is considered a pioneering work of psychological literature and modernism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hunger (novel) canonical | 2 |
| Hunger (title story) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23231099 — 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: Hunger (novel) Context triple: [Hunger (1966 film), basedOn, Hunger (novel)]
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Hunger (film)
Hunger is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen that portrays the 1981 Irish hunger strike led by IRA member Bobby Sands in Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison.
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We Hunger
"We Hunger" is a song by the English post-punk band Hyaena.
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The Feast and the Famine
"The Feast and the Famine" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, featured on their 2014 album *Sonic Highways* and inspired by the music scene of Washington, D.C.
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This Hungry Life
"This Hungry Life" is a 2006 solo album by American singer-songwriter Tanya Donelly, blending melodic alternative rock with introspective, folk-tinged songwriting.
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In Search of Famine
In Search of Famine is a 1981 Bengali-language Indian film directed by Mrinal Sen that critically examines social and political responses to famine and poverty.
- 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: Hunger (novel) Target entity description: Hunger is an 1890 novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun that follows a struggling, unnamed writer’s psychological and physical descent into starvation and madness in a modern city, and is considered a pioneering work of psychological literature and modernism.
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A.
Hunger (film)
Hunger is a 2008 historical drama film directed by Steve McQueen that portrays the 1981 Irish hunger strike led by IRA member Bobby Sands in Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison.
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B.
We Hunger
"We Hunger" is a song by the English post-punk band Hyaena.
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C.
The Feast and the Famine
"The Feast and the Famine" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, featured on their 2014 album *Sonic Highways* and inspired by the music scene of Washington, D.C.
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D.
This Hungry Life
"This Hungry Life" is a 2006 solo album by American singer-songwriter Tanya Donelly, blending melodic alternative rock with introspective, folk-tinged songwriting.
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E.
In Search of Famine
In Search of Famine is a 1981 Bengali-language Indian film directed by Mrinal Sen that critically examines social and political responses to famine and poverty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.