Cees Nooteboom
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Cees Nooteboom is a Dutch novelist, poet, and travel writer renowned for his intellectually rich, stylistically innovative works and his significant influence on contemporary European literature.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cees Nooteboom canonical | 4 |
| Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom | 1 |
| Nooteboom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5933069 — 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: Cees Nooteboom Context triple: [Multatuli Prize, hasAwarded, Cees Nooteboom]
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A.
Willem Frederik Hermans
Willem Frederik Hermans was a prominent 20th-century Dutch novelist, essayist, and one of the leading figures of postwar Dutch literature, known for his darkly ironic and existential works.
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B.
Harry Mulisch
Harry Mulisch was a prominent Dutch novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the "Great Three" of postwar Dutch literature.
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C.
Louis Couperus
Louis Couperus was a prominent Dutch novelist and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his psychological depth and refined literary style.
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D.
Willem Drost
Willem Drost was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher known for his Rembrandt-influenced biblical and historical scenes.
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E.
Gerard Moerdijk
Gerard Moerdijk was a prominent South African architect best known for designing monumental public buildings that celebrated Afrikaner heritage.
- 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: Cees Nooteboom Target entity description: Cees Nooteboom is a Dutch novelist, poet, and travel writer renowned for his intellectually rich, stylistically innovative works and his significant influence on contemporary European literature.
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A.
Willem Frederik Hermans
Willem Frederik Hermans was a prominent 20th-century Dutch novelist, essayist, and one of the leading figures of postwar Dutch literature, known for his darkly ironic and existential works.
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B.
Harry Mulisch
Harry Mulisch was a prominent Dutch novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the "Great Three" of postwar Dutch literature.
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C.
Louis Couperus
Louis Couperus was a prominent Dutch novelist and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his psychological depth and refined literary style.
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D.
Willem Drost
Willem Drost was a Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher known for his Rembrandt-influenced biblical and historical scenes.
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E.
Gerard Moerdijk
Gerard Moerdijk was a prominent South African architect best known for designing monumental public buildings that celebrated Afrikaner heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ travel writer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century literature
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21st-century literature ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
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Constantijn Huygens Prize ⓘ European Literary Prize ⓘ
linked to:
European Prize for Literature
P. C. Hooft Award ⓘ
linked to:
P.C. Hooft Prize
|
| birthName |
Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom
ⓘ
linked to:
Cees Nooteboom
|
| citizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-07-31 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Nooteboom
ⓘ
linked to:
Cees Nooteboom
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Cornelis ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary European literature ⓘ |
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| name | Cees Nooteboom ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| nickname | Cees ⓘ |
| notableFor |
philosophical fiction
ⓘ
travel writing about Spain ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Allerzielen
ⓘ
Het volgende verhaal ⓘ In Nederland ⓘ Rituals ⓘ Rituelen ⓘ Roads to Santiago ⓘ The Following Story ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ travel writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | The Hague ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
intellectually rich prose
ⓘ
stylistic innovation ⓘ |
| workTranslatedInto |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cees Nooteboom Description of subject: Cees Nooteboom is a Dutch novelist, poet, and travel writer renowned for his intellectually rich, stylistically innovative works and his significant influence on contemporary European literature.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cees Nooteboom
linked to: Cees Nooteboom