George Szirtes
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George Szirtes is a Hungarian-born British poet, translator, and editor renowned for his lyrical verse and influential translations of Hungarian literature into English.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Szirtes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4569490 — 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: George Szirtes Context triple: [T. S. Eliot Prize, hasAwarded, George Szirtes]
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A.
Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting was a British modernist poet best known for his long poem "Briggflatts" and his association with the Objectivist movement.
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B.
Douglas Dunn
Douglas Dunn is a Scottish poet, editor, and academic known for his reflective verse and significant contributions to contemporary British poetry.
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C.
Denis Lawson
Denis Lawson is a Scottish actor best known for roles such as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy and numerous performances in British television and theatre.
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D.
Phil Woolpert
Phil Woolpert was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of San Francisco to multiple national championships in the 1950s.
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E.
Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart was a Canadian-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- 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: George Szirtes Target entity description: George Szirtes is a Hungarian-born British poet, translator, and editor renowned for his lyrical verse and influential translations of Hungarian literature into English.
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A.
Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting was a British modernist poet best known for his long poem "Briggflatts" and his association with the Objectivist movement.
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B.
Douglas Dunn
Douglas Dunn is a Scottish poet, editor, and academic known for his reflective verse and significant contributions to contemporary British poetry.
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C.
Denis Lawson
Denis Lawson is a Scottish actor best known for roles such as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy and numerous performances in British television and theatre.
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D.
Phil Woolpert
Phil Woolpert was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of San Francisco to multiple national championships in the 1950s.
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E.
Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart was a Canadian-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
ⓘ
human ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Cholmondeley Award
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Forward Poetry Prize ⓘ T. S. Eliot Prize ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Hungary
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-11-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Hungarian ⓘ |
| familyName | Szirtes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hungarian literature
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literary translation ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | George ⓘ |
| hasRole |
literary translator
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poetry editor ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://georgeszirtes.blogspot.com/ ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Central European history
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Hungarian literature ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ |
| migratedFrom | Hungary ⓘ |
| migratedTo | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| name | George Szirtes ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
ⓘ
Hungarian-born ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lyrical verse
ⓘ
translations of Hungarian literature into English ⓘ |
| notableWorkType |
poetry collection
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translated novel ⓘ translated poetry collection ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
ⓘ
poet ⓘ teacher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| residence | England ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| translatedFromLanguage | Hungarian ⓘ |
| translatedToLanguage | English ⓘ |
| writesInLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: George Szirtes Description of subject: George Szirtes is a Hungarian-born British poet, translator, and editor renowned for his lyrical verse and influential translations of Hungarian literature into English.
Referenced by (2)
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