Maurice Valency
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Maurice Valency was an American playwright, screenwriter, translator, and scholar best known for his acclaimed English adaptations of European stage works, including Jean Giraudoux’s "Ondine."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maurice Valency canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7049637 — 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: Maurice Valency Context triple: [Ondine, adapter, Maurice Valency]
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A.
André Morisset
André Morisset was the son of Mirra Alfassa (known as The Mother), the spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and co-founder of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
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B.
Yves Aucoin
Yves Aucoin is a renowned Canadian lighting designer best known for his long-term creative collaborations on major concert productions, particularly with Celine Dion.
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C.
Marcel Tabuteau
Marcel Tabuteau was a pioneering French-American oboist and influential pedagogue whose teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music helped shape the modern American school of oboe playing.
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D.
Gérard Dion
Gérard Dion was a prominent Canadian Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and labor relations expert known for his influential work on trade unionism and social ethics in Quebec.
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E.
Emile Martel
Emile Martel is a Canadian poet, translator, and diplomat known for his contributions to French-language 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: Maurice Valency Target entity description: Maurice Valency was an American playwright, screenwriter, translator, and scholar best known for his acclaimed English adaptations of European stage works, including Jean Giraudoux’s "Ondine."
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A.
André Morisset
André Morisset was the son of Mirra Alfassa (known as The Mother), the spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and co-founder of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
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B.
Yves Aucoin
Yves Aucoin is a renowned Canadian lighting designer best known for his long-term creative collaborations on major concert productions, particularly with Celine Dion.
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C.
Marcel Tabuteau
Marcel Tabuteau was a pioneering French-American oboist and influential pedagogue whose teaching at the Curtis Institute of Music helped shape the modern American school of oboe playing.
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D.
Gérard Dion
Gérard Dion was a prominent Canadian Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and labor relations expert known for his influential work on trade unionism and social ethics in Quebec.
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E.
Emile Martel
Emile Martel is a Canadian poet, translator, and diplomat known for his contributions to French-language literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatist
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human ⓘ playwright ⓘ scholar ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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New York Drama Critics' Circle Award ⓘ Tony Award for Best Play (as adapter, for The Visit) ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Award for Best Play
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1903 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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University of London ⓘ |
| employer | Columbia University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative literature
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literary translation ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptedWorkOf |
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
ⓘ
Henrik Ibsen ⓘ Jean Giraudoux ⓘ |
| knownFor |
English adaptations of European stage works
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adaptations of plays by Friedrich Dürrenmatt ⓘ adaptations of plays by Jean Giraudoux ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ondine (English adaptation)
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linked to:
Ondine
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
The Enchanted (English adaptation) ⓘ The Madwoman of Chaillot (English adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Visit (English adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Visit
Tiger at the Gates (English adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
Tiger at the Gates
|
| occupation |
drama critic
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playwright ⓘ scholar ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of comparative literature ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| wrote |
In Praise of Love
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In Praise of Love and Children (teleplay) ⓘ The Breaking String ⓘ The Deceptive Mirror ⓘ The End of the World ⓘ The Flower and the Castle ⓘ The Visit (adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
The Visit
Two Plays: The Madwoman of Chaillot and The Enchanted (adaptations) ⓘ |
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Subject: Maurice Valency Description of subject: Maurice Valency was an American playwright, screenwriter, translator, and scholar best known for his acclaimed English adaptations of European stage works, including Jean Giraudoux’s "Ondine."
Referenced by (1)
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