Sam Lipsyte
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Sam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, satirical fiction exploring contemporary alienation and absurdity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sam Lipsyte canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9592334 — 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: Sam Lipsyte Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Sam Lipsyte]
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A.
Adam Haslett
Adam Haslett is an American author and journalist known for his critically acclaimed fiction exploring themes of mental illness, family, and contemporary politics.
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B.
Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist known for his meticulous attention to everyday detail, inventive prose style, and works such as "The Mezzanine" and "Vox."
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C.
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem is an American novelist known for blending literary fiction with genre elements such as science fiction, detective stories, and pop culture, in works like "Motherless Brooklyn" and "The Fortress of Solitude."
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D.
George Saunders
George Saunders is an acclaimed American writer known for his inventive short stories, satirical style, and the Booker Prize–winning novel "Lincoln in the Bardo."
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E.
David Greenwalt
David Greenwalt is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on genre series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.
- 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: Sam Lipsyte Target entity description: Sam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, satirical fiction exploring contemporary alienation and absurdity.
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A.
Adam Haslett
Adam Haslett is an American author and journalist known for his critically acclaimed fiction exploring themes of mental illness, family, and contemporary politics.
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B.
Nicholson Baker
Nicholson Baker is an American novelist and essayist known for his meticulous attention to everyday detail, inventive prose style, and works such as "The Mezzanine" and "Vox."
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C.
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem is an American novelist known for blending literary fiction with genre elements such as science fiction, detective stories, and pop culture, in works like "Motherless Brooklyn" and "The Fortress of Solitude."
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D.
George Saunders
George Saunders is an acclaimed American writer known for his inventive short stories, satirical style, and the Booker Prize–winning novel "Lincoln in the Bardo."
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E.
David Greenwalt
David Greenwalt is an American television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on genre series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novelist
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person ⓘ satirist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1968 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brown University
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MFA program in creative writing at Syracuse University ⓘ |
| employer | Columbia University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary fiction
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short stories ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
essay
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novel ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasRole | professor of writing ⓘ |
| hasTaught | creative writing ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
novels
ⓘ
short story collections ⓘ |
| influencedBy | American satirical fiction tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hark
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Home Land ⓘ No One Left to Come Looking for You ⓘ The Ask ⓘ The Fun Parts ⓘ The Subject Steve ⓘ Venus Drive ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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short story writer ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
absurdist
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darkly comic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| writingTheme |
absurdity of modern life
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contemporary alienation ⓘ failure and disappointment ⓘ masculinity ⓘ workplace and corporate culture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sam Lipsyte Description of subject: Sam Lipsyte is an American novelist and short story writer known for his darkly comic, satirical fiction exploring contemporary alienation and absurdity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.