Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago)
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Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago) is the Italian publishing house that first released Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago" in the West after it was banned in the Soviet Union.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago) Context triple: [Lara Antipova, publisherOfWork, Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago)]
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Einaudi
Einaudi is a renowned Italian publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary, philosophical, and political works.
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La Rinascente
La Rinascente is a historic Italian upscale department store chain renowned for its influential role in fashion, design, and modern retail culture.
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Novecento Italiano
Novecento Italiano was an early 20th-century Italian art movement that sought to revive and modernize classical Italian artistic traditions through a return to order, solidity, and figurative representation.
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D.
Baldaccini
Baldaccini is the surname of César Baldaccini, a renowned French sculptor associated with the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
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E.
Braschi
Braschi is the Italian noble family from which Pope Pius VI originated.
- 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: Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago) Target entity description: Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago) is the Italian publishing house that first released Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago" in the West after it was banned in the Soviet Union.
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A.
Einaudi
Einaudi is a renowned Italian publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary, philosophical, and political works.
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B.
La Rinascente
La Rinascente is a historic Italian upscale department store chain renowned for its influential role in fashion, design, and modern retail culture.
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C.
Novecento Italiano
Novecento Italiano was an early 20th-century Italian art movement that sought to revive and modernize classical Italian artistic traditions through a return to order, solidity, and figurative representation.
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D.
Baldaccini
Baldaccini is the surname of César Baldaccini, a renowned French sculptor associated with the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
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E.
Braschi
Braschi is the Italian noble family from which Pope Pius VI originated.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian company
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publishing house ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Giangiacomo Feltrinelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | international recognition of Boris Pasternak ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| genrePublished |
Russian literature in translation
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| impact | influenced Western perceptions of life in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| industry | book publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication | Italian ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Western release of a banned Soviet novel ⓘ |
| notableFor | first Western publication of Doctor Zhivago ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Doctor Zhivago was banned in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| publicationType | novel ⓘ |
| publishedAuthor | Boris Pasternak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedWork | Doctor Zhivago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfImpact |
United States
NERFINISHED
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Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Samizdat literature
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Soviet literary censorship ⓘ |
| role | publisher of Doctor Zhivago ⓘ |
| significance | helped introduce Doctor Zhivago to Western readers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | controversy over Soviet censorship ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago) Description of subject: Feltrinelli (for Doctor Zhivago) is the Italian publishing house that first released Boris Pasternak’s novel "Doctor Zhivago" in the West after it was banned in the Soviet Union.
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