Grossman
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Grossman is a surname most notably associated with Edith Grossman, the acclaimed American literary translator renowned for her English renditions of major Spanish-language works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grossman canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4372135 — 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: Grossman Context triple: [Edith Grossman, familyName, Grossman]
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A.
Heller
The Heller is a river in Germany that serves as a right-bank tributary of the Sieg.
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B.
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue is a 1970 American Western film known for its graphic depiction of violence and its critical portrayal of the U.S. Cavalry’s treatment of Native Americans.
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C.
A Choice of Weapons
"A Choice of Weapons" is Gordon Parks’s influential autobiographical work in which he reflects on his life, art, and use of the camera as a tool for social change.
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D.
The General
The General is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov, part of his Foundation series, focusing on the clash between psychohistory and the military genius of General Bel Riose.
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E.
The General
The General is a famous 19th-century American steam locomotive best known for its central role in the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase of 1862.
- 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: Grossman Target entity description: Grossman is a surname most notably associated with Edith Grossman, the acclaimed American literary translator renowned for her English renditions of major Spanish-language works.
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A.
Heller
The Heller is a river in Germany that serves as a right-bank tributary of the Sieg.
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B.
Soldier Blue
Soldier Blue is a 1970 American Western film known for its graphic depiction of violence and its critical portrayal of the U.S. Cavalry’s treatment of Native Americans.
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C.
A Choice of Weapons
"A Choice of Weapons" is Gordon Parks’s influential autobiographical work in which he reflects on his life, art, and use of the camera as a tool for social change.
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D.
The General
The General is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov, part of his Foundation series, focusing on the clash between psychohistory and the military genius of General Bel Riose.
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E.
The General
The General was the nickname of David Sarnoff, the influential broadcasting pioneer and longtime leader of RCA who helped shape the development of American radio and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
human ⓘ literary translator ⓘ surname ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Civil Merit (Spain)
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PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation ⓘ Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Translation Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-03-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-09-04 ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the leading translators of Spanish-language literature into English ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University
ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Spanish literature
ⓘ
literary translation ⓘ |
| genre | literary translation ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Grossman ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Edith ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
German
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Edith Grossman ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Don Quixote (English translation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Don Quixote
Living to Tell the Tale (English translation) ⓘ
linked to:
Living to Tell the Tale
Love in the Time of Cholera (English translation) ⓘ
linked to:
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Autumn of the Patriarch (English translation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Feast of the Goat (English translation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Feast of the Goat
The Solitude of Latin America (translation-related essays) ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling |
Grossmann
ⓘ
linked to:
Großmann
Großmann ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Why Translation Matters
ⓘ
linked to:
"Why Translation Matters"
|
| isUsedAs |
Ashkenazi surname
ⓘ
German-language surname ⓘ Jewish surname ⓘ |
| languageTranslatedFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| languageTranslatedInto | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
English translations of Spanish-language literature
ⓘ
translation of Don Quixote ⓘ translations of works by Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ translations of works by Mario Vargas Llosa ⓘ |
| notedFor | advocacy for the importance of literary translation ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary critic
ⓘ
translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Grossman Description of subject: Grossman is a surname most notably associated with Edith Grossman, the acclaimed American literary translator renowned for her English renditions of major Spanish-language works.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.