Peter Camenzind
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Peter Camenzind is a 1904 coming-of-age novel by Hermann Hesse that follows a sensitive young man's search for meaning, art, and spiritual fulfillment amid the tensions between nature, society, and individualism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Camenzind canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6267053 — 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: Peter Camenzind Context triple: [Hermann Hesse, notableWork, Peter Camenzind]
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Roger Wehrli
Roger Wehrli is a Hall of Fame American football cornerback best known for his standout career with the St. Louis Cardinals in the NFL during the 1970s.
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Mario Frick
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Matthias Zurbriggen
Matthias Zurbriggen was a Swiss mountaineer and guide renowned for making the first recorded ascent of Aconcagua and several other significant climbs in the Andes and Himalayas.
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Peter Mengede
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Mathias Vicherat
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- 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: Peter Camenzind Target entity description: Peter Camenzind is a 1904 coming-of-age novel by Hermann Hesse that follows a sensitive young man's search for meaning, art, and spiritual fulfillment amid the tensions between nature, society, and individualism.
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A.
Roger Wehrli
Roger Wehrli is a Hall of Fame American football cornerback best known for his standout career with the St. Louis Cardinals in the NFL during the 1970s.
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B.
Mario Frick
Mario Frick is a Liechtensteiner politician who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1993 to 2001.
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C.
Matthias Zurbriggen
Matthias Zurbriggen was a Swiss mountaineer and guide renowned for making the first recorded ascent of Aconcagua and several other significant climbs in the Andes and Himalayas.
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D.
Peter Mengede
Peter Mengede is an Australian guitarist best known as a founding member of the New York alternative metal band Helmet.
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E.
Mathias Vicherat
Mathias Vicherat is a French executive and public administrator who serves as the president of the prestigious political science university Sciences Po in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Hermann Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between artistic life and social obligations
ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ tension between solitude and community ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
Bildungsroman
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptations ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElements | true ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Boppi (character in Peter Camenzind)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth (character in Peter Camenzind) NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard (character in Peter Camenzind) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstEdition | German ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered an important early work of Hermann Hesse ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Peter Camenzind (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
artistic vocation
ⓘ
nature as refuge ⓘ travel and wandering ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | early expression of themes later developed in Siddhartha and Steppenwolf ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | Hermann Hesse's first major novel ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
contemplative
ⓘ
introverted ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | unknown ⓘ |
| setting |
Swiss village of Nimikon (fictional)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
art and creativity ⓘ friendship ⓘ individualism ⓘ love ⓘ relationship between nature and society ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ spiritual fulfillment ⓘ |
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Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
Hermann Hesse