Shirley Jackson
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Shirley Jackson was an American author renowned for her unsettling works of psychological horror and darkly satirical fiction, including the classic short story "The Lottery" and the novel "The Haunting of Hill House."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shirley Jackson canonical | 32 |
| Shirley Jackson bibliography | 3 |
| Shirley Jackson’s family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T288625 — 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: Shirley Jackson Context triple: [Stephen King, influencedBy, Shirley Jackson]
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A.
Sarah Orne
Sarah Orne was the second wife of American patriot Paul Revere, with whom he had a large family in late 18th-century Boston.
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B.
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor was a 20th-century American writer known for her Southern Gothic short stories and novels that explore morality, faith, and violence through darkly comic, often grotesque characters.
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C.
Truman Capote
Truman Capote was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist best known for works like "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which helped pioneer the true crime genre and cemented his status as a major literary figure of the 20th century.
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D.
Willa Cather
Willa Cather was a prominent American novelist best known for her evocative depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in works such as "My Ántonia" and "O Pioneers!".
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E.
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark was a bestselling American author renowned for her suspenseful mystery and thriller novels, often featuring strong female protagonists.
- 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: Shirley Jackson Target entity description: Shirley Jackson was an American author renowned for her unsettling works of psychological horror and darkly satirical fiction, including the classic short story "The Lottery" and the novel "The Haunting of Hill House."
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A.
Sarah Orne
Sarah Orne was the second wife of American patriot Paul Revere, with whom he had a large family in late 18th-century Boston.
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B.
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor was a 20th-century American writer known for her Southern Gothic short stories and novels that explore morality, faith, and violence through darkly comic, often grotesque characters.
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C.
Truman Capote
Truman Capote was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist best known for works like "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which helped pioneer the true crime genre and cemented his status as a major literary figure of the 20th century.
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D.
Willa Cather
Willa Cather was a prominent American novelist best known for her evocative depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in works such as "My Ántonia" and "O Pioneers!".
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E.
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark was a bestselling American author renowned for her suspenseful mystery and thriller novels, often featuring strong female protagonists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American author
ⓘ
human ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Edgar Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Edgar Allan Poe Award (posthumous special award)
|
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1916-12-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1965-08-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Rochester
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surface form:
Rochester University of Rochester (attended briefly)
Syracuse University ⓘ |
| familyName | Jackson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
horror literature
ⓘ
literature ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
dark satire
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gothic fiction ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ psychological horror ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Shirley ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedGenre |
modern horror fiction
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psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasPart |
memoir "Life Among the Savages"
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memoir "Raising Demons" ⓘ novel "Hangsaman" ⓘ novel "The Haunting of Hill House" ⓘ novel "The Sundial" ⓘ We Have Always Lived in the Castle ⓘ
surface form:
novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle"
short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories" ⓘ |
| influenced |
Donna Tartt
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Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ Neil Gaiman ⓘ Richard Matheson ⓘ Stephen King ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | American Gothic ⓘ |
| name | Shirley Jackson self-link ⓘ |
| notableIdea | use of ordinary settings to evoke horror ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hangsaman
ⓘ
Life Among the Savages ⓘ Raising Demons ⓘ The Haunting ⓘ
surface form:
The Haunting of Hill House
The Lottery ⓘ The Sundial ⓘ We Have Always Lived in the Castle ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
San Francisco
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Bennington, Vermont
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surface form:
North Bennington, Vermont, United States
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| residence |
Bennington, Vermont
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surface form:
North Bennington, Vermont, United States
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Stanley Edgar Hyman ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bennington, Vermont
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surface form:
North Bennington, Vermont, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shirley Jackson Description of subject: Shirley Jackson was an American author renowned for her unsettling works of psychological horror and darkly satirical fiction, including the classic short story "The Lottery" and the novel "The Haunting of Hill House."
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Haunting (1963 film)
subject surface form:
The Haunting of Hill House
this entity surface form:
Shirley Jackson bibliography
subject surface form:
The Lottery and Other Stories
subject surface form:
The Haunting of Hill House
subject surface form:
Hangsaman
subject surface form:
Hangsaman
this entity surface form:
Shirley Jackson bibliography
subject surface form:
Life Among the Savages
subject surface form:
Life Among the Savages
subject surface form:
Raising Demons
subject surface form:
Raising Demons
this entity surface form:
Shirley Jackson’s family
subject surface form:
Raising Demons