Robert Hass
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Robert Hass is an American poet, essayist, and former U.S. Poet Laureate known for his accessible, nature-infused verse and influential role in contemporary American poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Hass canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8349595 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Hass Context triple: [Yale Younger Poets Series, hasNotableWinner, Robert Hass]
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Mark Strand
Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize–winning Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator known for his spare, meditative verse and for serving as U.S. Poet Laureate.
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B.
W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin was an influential American poet, translator, and environmental activist known for his lyrical, meditative verse and multiple Pulitzer Prize–winning collections.
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C.
Donald Hall
Donald Hall was a prominent American poet, essayist, and former U.S. Poet Laureate known for his reflective, rural-themed verse and influential contributions to contemporary poetry.
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D.
Frank Bidart
Frank Bidart is an acclaimed American poet known for his psychologically intense, formally inventive work that has earned him major literary honors, including the National Book Award for Poetry.
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E.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
- 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: Robert Hass Target entity description: Robert Hass is an American poet, essayist, and former U.S. Poet Laureate known for his accessible, nature-infused verse and influential role in contemporary American poetry.
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A.
Mark Strand
Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize–winning Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator known for his spare, meditative verse and for serving as U.S. Poet Laureate.
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B.
W. S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin was an influential American poet, translator, and environmental activist known for his lyrical, meditative verse and multiple Pulitzer Prize–winning collections.
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C.
Donald Hall
Donald Hall was a prominent American poet, essayist, and former U.S. Poet Laureate known for his reflective, rural-themed verse and influential contributions to contemporary poetry.
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D.
Frank Bidart
Frank Bidart is an acclaimed American poet known for his psychologically intense, formally inventive work that has earned him major literary honors, including the National Book Award for Poetry.
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E.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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human ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
MacArthur Fellowship
NERFINISHED
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National Book Award for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St. Mary's College of California
NERFINISHED
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Hass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary American poetry
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environmental writing ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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lyric poetry ⓘ nature poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Czesław Miłosz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| name | Robert Hass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accessible, nature-infused verse
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promoting contemporary American poetry ⓘ translations of Czesław Miłosz ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Field Guide
NERFINISHED
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Human Wishes NERFINISHED ⓘ Praise NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Under Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ The Essential Haiku: Versions of Bashō, Buson, and Issa NERFINISHED ⓘ Time and Materials NERFINISHED ⓘ Twentieth Century Pleasures: Prose on Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
essayist
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literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
NERFINISHED
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United States Poet Laureate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Hass Description of subject: Robert Hass is an American poet, essayist, and former U.S. Poet Laureate known for his accessible, nature-infused verse and influential role in contemporary American poetry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yale Younger Poets Series