Dan Pagis
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Dan Pagis was a prominent Israeli poet, Holocaust survivor, and scholar whose innovative, allusive verse made him one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dan Pagis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4759832 — 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: Dan Pagis Context triple: [Modern Hebrew literature, hasNotableAuthor, Dan Pagis]
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A.
Dan Morgenstern
Dan Morgenstern is an American jazz historian, critic, and archivist renowned for his leadership of the Institute of Jazz Studies and his Grammy-winning liner notes.
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B.
Dan Goodman
Dan Goodman is a central character in the rock musical "Next to Normal," portrayed as a devoted husband and father struggling to hold his family together amid his wife's severe mental illness.
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C.
Alan Siegel
Alan Siegel is a film producer best known for his long-running collaboration with actor Gerard Butler on action and thriller movies.
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D.
David Anspaugh
David Anspaugh is an American film and television director best known for directing the sports dramas "Hoosiers" and "Rudy."
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E.
Stephen Schaffer
Stephen Schaffer is a film editor best known for his work on major animated features, including Pixar's acclaimed movie WALL-E.
- 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: Dan Pagis Target entity description: Dan Pagis was a prominent Israeli poet, Holocaust survivor, and scholar whose innovative, allusive verse made him one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature.
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A.
Dan Morgenstern
Dan Morgenstern is an American jazz historian, critic, and archivist renowned for his leadership of the Institute of Jazz Studies and his Grammy-winning liner notes.
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B.
Dan Goodman
Dan Goodman is a central character in the rock musical "Next to Normal," portrayed as a devoted husband and father struggling to hold his family together amid his wife's severe mental illness.
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C.
Alan Siegel
Alan Siegel is a film producer best known for his long-running collaboration with actor Gerard Butler on action and thriller movies.
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D.
David Anspaugh
David Anspaugh is an American film and television director best known for directing the sports dramas "Hoosiers" and "Rudy."
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E.
Stephen Schaffer
Stephen Schaffer is a film editor best known for his work on major animated features, including Pixar's acclaimed movie WALL-E.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew-language poet
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Holocaust survivor ⓘ Israeli poet ⓘ literary scholar ⓘ person ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Dan Pagis ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Romania ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1930-10-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Rădăuți ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Israel ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1986-07-29 ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in Hebrew literature ⓘ |
| employer | Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hebrew literature
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medieval Hebrew literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust literature
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lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection | Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| immigrationYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of Hebrew poets ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
innovative and allusive verse
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intertextual use of biblical and rabbinic sources ⓘ poems about the Holocaust ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | modern Hebrew literature ⓘ |
| name | Dan Pagis ⓘ |
| nationality | Israeli ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Autobiography
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Gilgul (Metamorphosis) ⓘ
linked to:
Gilgul (reincarnation)
Ha-Sefer ha-Sheni (The Second Book) ⓘ Mivḥar Shirim (Selected Poems) ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary critic
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poet ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of Hebrew literature ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| studiedAt | Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| survivedEvent | Holocaust ⓘ |
| wasImprisonedIn | Nazi concentration camp ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
medieval Hebrew poetry
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poetics of allusion ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Dan Pagis Description of subject: Dan Pagis was a prominent Israeli poet, Holocaust survivor, and scholar whose innovative, allusive verse made him one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature.
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