James Kelman
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James Kelman is a Scottish novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, working-class narratives and innovative use of vernacular language, notably in his Booker Prize–winning novel "How Late It Was, How Late."
All labels observed (1)
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| James Kelman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5605974 — 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: James Kelman Context triple: [Scottish literature, notableAuthor, James Kelman]
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A.
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
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B.
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for his gritty, dialect-rich portrayals of working-class life and drug culture, most famously in his debut novel "Trainspotting."
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C.
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction author known for his politically charged, idea-driven novels that explore socialism, libertarianism, and future societies.
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D.
Laurence McKeown
Laurence McKeown is an Irish former Provisional IRA member, writer, and academic who became known for his participation in the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike and later work on conflict, memory, and reconciliation.
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E.
Alan MacDiarmid
Alan MacDiarmid was a New Zealand-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kelman Target entity description: James Kelman is a Scottish novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, working-class narratives and innovative use of vernacular language, notably in his Booker Prize–winning novel "How Late It Was, How Late."
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A.
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
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B.
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist best known for his gritty, dialect-rich portrayals of working-class life and drug culture, most famously in his debut novel "Trainspotting."
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C.
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod is a Scottish science fiction author known for his politically charged, idea-driven novels that explore socialism, libertarianism, and future societies.
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D.
Laurence McKeown
Laurence McKeown is an Irish former Provisional IRA member, writer, and academic who became known for his participation in the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike and later work on conflict, memory, and reconciliation.
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E.
Alan MacDiarmid
Alan MacDiarmid was a New Zealand-born chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish writer
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century literature
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21st-century literature ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Booker Prize
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James Tait Black Memorial Prize ⓘ Scottish Arts Council Book Award ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Kelman ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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short story ⓘ working-class fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influenced | Scottish contemporary writers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Franz Kafka
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Samuel Beckett ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Scottish literary renaissance
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linked to:
Scottish Renaissance
postmodern literature ⓘ |
| name | James Kelman ⓘ |
| notableAwardedFor | How Late It Was, How Late ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Disaffection
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Greyhound for Breakfast ⓘ How Late It Was, How Late ⓘ Not Not While the Giro ⓘ The Burn ⓘ The Busconductor Hines ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Glasgow ⓘ |
| positionHeld | creative writing teacher ⓘ |
| residence | Glasgow ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
debates on use of dialect in literature
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literary criticism on working-class representation ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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individual consciousness ⓘ political oppression ⓘ urban Scotland ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
minimalist prose
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stream of consciousness ⓘ use of Glaswegian vernacular ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Kelman Description of subject: James Kelman is a Scottish novelist and short story writer known for his gritty, working-class narratives and innovative use of vernacular language, notably in his Booker Prize–winning novel "How Late It Was, How Late."
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