László Krasznahorkai
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László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist renowned for his dense, labyrinthine prose and apocalyptic, philosophical narratives, best known internationally for works like "Satantango" and "The Melancholy of Resistance."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| László Krasznahorkai canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9397753 — 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: László Krasznahorkai Context triple: [László, notableBearer, László Krasznahorkai]
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A.
Sándor Márai
Sándor Márai was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian writer and journalist best known for his psychologically rich novels exploring themes of memory, identity, and the decline of the European bourgeoisie.
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B.
Mihály Kertész
Mihály Kertész, better known as Michael Curtiz, was a Hungarian-American film director renowned for classics such as "Casablanca" and "The Adventures of Robin Hood."
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C.
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera was a Czech-born French novelist and essayist best known for his philosophical and politically charged works such as "The Unbearable Lightness of Being."
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D.
Harry Mulisch
Harry Mulisch was a prominent Dutch novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the "Great Three" of postwar Dutch literature.
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E.
Peter Handke
Peter Handke is an Austrian novelist, playwright, and essayist known for his innovative, often controversial literary works and his influential role in postwar European 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: László Krasznahorkai Target entity description: László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist renowned for his dense, labyrinthine prose and apocalyptic, philosophical narratives, best known internationally for works like "Satantango" and "The Melancholy of Resistance."
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A.
Sándor Márai
Sándor Márai was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian writer and journalist best known for his psychologically rich novels exploring themes of memory, identity, and the decline of the European bourgeoisie.
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B.
Mihály Kertész
Mihály Kertész, better known as Michael Curtiz, was a Hungarian-American film director renowned for classics such as "Casablanca" and "The Adventures of Robin Hood."
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C.
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera was a Czech-born French novelist and essayist best known for his philosophical and politically charged works such as "The Unbearable Lightness of Being."
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D.
Harry Mulisch
Harry Mulisch was a prominent Dutch novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the "Great Three" of postwar Dutch literature.
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E.
Peter Handke
Peter Handke is an Austrian novelist, playwright, and essayist known for his innovative, often controversial literary works and his influential role in postwar European literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeSince | 1970s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
NERFINISHED
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Best Translated Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Brücke Berlin Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Man Booker International Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ National Book Award for Translated Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnHisWork |
Satantango (film)
NERFINISHED
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The Turin Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ Werckmeister Harmonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Béla Tarr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Hungary ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-01-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Eötvös Loránd University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Krasznahorkai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
essay
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fiction ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| givenName | László NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslationOfWork |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Franz Kafka
NERFINISHED
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Hermann Broch NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Bernhard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hungarian ⓘ |
| movement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| name | László Krasznahorkai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Hungarian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming
NERFINISHED
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Satantango NERFINISHED ⓘ Seiobo There Below NERFINISHED ⓘ The Melancholy of Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ The World Goes On NERFINISHED ⓘ War and War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Gyula, Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
apocalyptic themes
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dense prose ⓘ labyrinthine narrative structure ⓘ long sentences ⓘ philosophical themes ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplayFor |
Satantango (film)
NERFINISHED
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Werckmeister Harmonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: László Krasznahorkai Description of subject: László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian novelist renowned for his dense, labyrinthine prose and apocalyptic, philosophical narratives, best known internationally for works like "Satantango" and "The Melancholy of Resistance."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.