Paul Muldoon
E454899
Paul Muldoon is an acclaimed Northern Irish poet known for his inventive language, complex forms, and influential contributions to contemporary poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul Muldoon canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4569492 — 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: Paul Muldoon Context triple: [T. S. Eliot Prize, hasAwarded, Paul Muldoon]
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A.
Michael Hartnett
Michael Hartnett was a prominent Irish poet known for his lyrical style and his work in both English and Irish, often exploring themes of language, identity, and rural life.
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B.
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh was a 20th-century Irish poet whose plainspoken, rural-themed verse profoundly shaped modern Irish poetry and influenced later writers such as Seamus Heaney.
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C.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, and Nobel laureate renowned for his lyrical explorations of rural life, history, and identity.
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D.
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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E.
Christopher Heaney
Christopher Heaney is one of the children of Nobel Prize–winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney.
- 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: Paul Muldoon Target entity description: Paul Muldoon is an acclaimed Northern Irish poet known for his inventive language, complex forms, and influential contributions to contemporary poetry.
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A.
Michael Hartnett
Michael Hartnett was a prominent Irish poet known for his lyrical style and his work in both English and Irish, often exploring themes of language, identity, and rural life.
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B.
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh was a 20th-century Irish poet whose plainspoken, rural-themed verse profoundly shaped modern Irish poetry and influenced later writers such as Seamus Heaney.
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C.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, and Nobel laureate renowned for his lyrical explorations of rural life, history, and identity.
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D.
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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E.
Christopher Heaney
Christopher Heaney is one of the children of Nobel Prize–winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
librettist
ⓘ
person ⓘ poet ⓘ professor ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Academy of Arts and Letters award
NERFINISHED
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Irish Times Poetry Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-06-20 ⓘ |
| education | Queen's University Belfast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Muldoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literary criticism
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasResidence |
New Jersey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | poetry editor of The New Yorker ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Irish history
ⓘ
mythology ⓘ personal memory ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary American poets
ⓘ
contemporary Irish poets ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Irish literary tradition ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
complex poetic forms
ⓘ
contributions to contemporary poetry ⓘ inventive language ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Letters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Society of Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Irish poetry
ⓘ
contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| name | Paul Muldoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Frolic and Detour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hay NERFINISHED ⓘ Horse Latitudes NERFINISHED ⓘ Madoc: A Mystery NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggot NERFINISHED ⓘ Meeting the British NERFINISHED ⓘ Moy Sand and Gravel NERFINISHED ⓘ Mules NERFINISHED ⓘ New Weather NERFINISHED ⓘ One Thousand Things Worth Knowing NERFINISHED ⓘ Quoof NERFINISHED ⓘ The Annals of Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ Why Brownlee Left NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
ⓘ
editor ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Portadown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Howard G. B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Professor of Creative Writing ⓘ |
| spouse | Jean Hanff Korelitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Paul Muldoon Description of subject: Paul Muldoon is an acclaimed Northern Irish poet known for his inventive language, complex forms, and influential contributions to contemporary poetry.
Referenced by (4)
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