Graciliano Ramos
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Graciliano Ramos was a prominent Brazilian novelist and journalist, best known for his stark, realist portrayals of life in Brazil’s impoverished Northeast.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Graciliano Ramos canonical | 2 |
| Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6238900 — 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: Graciliano Ramos Context triple: [Palmeira dos Índios, hasNotablePerson, Graciliano Ramos]
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A.
Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa
Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa is a Portuguese architect known for designing Lisbon’s Terreiro do Paço metro station.
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B.
João Guimarães Rosa
João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian writer and diplomat renowned for his innovative, linguistically rich fiction, especially the novel "Grande Sertão: Veredas," which is considered a landmark of 20th-century Brazilian literature.
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C.
Quincas Borba
Quincas Borba is a novel by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis that satirically explores philosophy, madness, and social hypocrisy through the life of a peculiar philosopher and his legacy.
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D.
Aluísio Carvão
Aluísio Carvão was a Brazilian painter associated with the Concrete and Neo-Concrete art movements, known for his geometric abstractions and exploration of color and form.
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E.
Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado was a prominent Brazilian novelist whose socially engaged, often humorous portrayals of Bahian life made him one of the most widely read authors in Latin American literature.
- 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: Graciliano Ramos Target entity description: Graciliano Ramos was a prominent Brazilian novelist and journalist, best known for his stark, realist portrayals of life in Brazil’s impoverished Northeast.
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A.
Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa
Leopoldo de Almeida Rosa is a Portuguese architect known for designing Lisbon’s Terreiro do Paço metro station.
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B.
João Guimarães Rosa
João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian writer and diplomat renowned for his innovative, linguistically rich fiction, especially the novel "Grande Sertão: Veredas," which is considered a landmark of 20th-century Brazilian literature.
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C.
Quincas Borba
Quincas Borba is a novel by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis that satirically explores philosophy, madness, and social hypocrisy through the life of a peculiar philosopher and his legacy.
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D.
Aluísio Carvão
Aluísio Carvão was a Brazilian painter associated with the Concrete and Neo-Concrete art movements, known for his geometric abstractions and exploration of color and form.
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E.
Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado was a prominent Brazilian novelist whose socially engaged, often humorous portrayals of Bahian life made him one of the most widely read authors in Latin American literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1892-10-27 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira
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linked to:
Graciliano Ramos
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| burialPlace |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
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| causeOfImprisonment | political persecution during the Vargas era ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1953-03-20 ⓘ |
| genre |
realism
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regionalist literature ⓘ |
| hasPartInBibliography |
children’s literature
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short stories ⓘ |
| influenced |
Brazilian regionalist literature
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later generations of Brazilian novelists ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | social inequalities in Brazil ⓘ |
| knownFor | portrayals of life in Brazil’s impoverished Northeast ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
psychological narrative
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stark realism ⓘ |
| movement | modernism in Brazil ⓘ |
| name | Graciliano Ramos ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Angústia
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Caetés ⓘ Infância ⓘ Memórias do Cárcere ⓘ São Bernardo ⓘ Vidas Secas ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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novelist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Quebrangulo, Alagoas, Brazil ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
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| politicalAffiliation | Brazilian Communist Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of public instruction of Alagoas
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mayor of Palmeira dos Índios ⓘ |
| spouse | Heloísa de Medeiros Ramos ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film "Memórias do Cárcere" ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
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linked to:
Maceió
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
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| writingFocus |
authoritarianism and oppression
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psychological depth of characters ⓘ rural poverty in the Brazilian Northeast ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Graciliano Ramos Description of subject: Graciliano Ramos was a prominent Brazilian novelist and journalist, best known for his stark, realist portrayals of life in Brazil’s impoverished Northeast.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Graciliano Ramos