The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of regret, mortality, and the wasted potential of a writer facing death during an African safari.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film) | 2 |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories | 2 |
| Hemingway’s African safari narrative | 1 |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1732024 — 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: The Snows of Kilimanjaro Context triple: [Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, associatedWith, The Snows of Kilimanjaro]
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A.
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway that recounts his month-long safari in East Africa through a blend of travel narrative, hunting chronicle, and literary reflection.
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B.
To Build a Fire
"To Build a Fire" is a classic naturalist short story by Jack London about a man's fatal struggle for survival in the brutal Yukon wilderness.
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C.
Hemingway Adventure
Hemingway Adventure is a travel documentary series in which Michael Palin retraces the life, journeys, and haunts of writer Ernest Hemingway around the world.
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D.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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E.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
- 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: The Snows of Kilimanjaro Target entity description: "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that explores themes of regret, mortality, and the wasted potential of a writer facing death during an African safari.
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A.
Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 nonfiction book by Ernest Hemingway that recounts his month-long safari in East Africa through a blend of travel narrative, hunting chronicle, and literary reflection.
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B.
To Build a Fire
"To Build a Fire" is a classic naturalist short story by Jack London about a man's fatal struggle for survival in the brutal Yukon wilderness.
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C.
Hemingway Adventure
Hemingway Adventure is a travel documentary series in which Michael Palin retraces the life, journeys, and haunts of writer Ernest Hemingway around the world.
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D.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
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E.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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surface form:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)
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| author | Ernest Hemingway ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| filmAdaptationDirector | Henry King ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Ava Gardner
ⓘ
Gregory Peck ⓘ Susan Hayward ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1936 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Esquire magazine
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surface form:
Esquire
|
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| hasConflict |
man vs nature
ⓘ
man vs self ⓘ |
| hasMottoOrEpigraph | description of Kilimanjaro and the frozen leopard ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
Mount Kilimanjaro
ⓘ
gangrene ⓘ leopard on Kilimanjaro ⓘ |
| hasTone |
reflective
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
| includedInCollection |
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Harry
ⓘ
Helen ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of a writer’s artistic conscience
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use of Hemingway’s iceberg theory ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
artistic failure
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death ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ regret ⓘ wasted potential ⓘ |
| protagonistCondition | dying of gangrene ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| publisher | Esquire magazine ⓘ |
| setIn |
Africa
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Tanzania ⓘ foot of Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ |
| structureFeature |
shifts between present and flashbacks
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use of interior monologue ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | interwar period ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | snow-covered summit of Mount Kilimanjaro ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
this entity surface form:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)
this entity surface form:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)
this entity surface form:
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories