Raduan Nassar
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Raduan Nassar is a Brazilian writer renowned for his intense, lyrical prose and influential novels such as "Lavoura Arcaica" ("Ancient Tillage").
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raduan Nassar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11664000 — 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: Raduan Nassar Context triple: [Camões Prize, hasWinner, Raduan Nassar]
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A.
Abdel Aziz
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B.
Nasser Kamel
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C.
al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh
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D.
Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir
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E.
Hussein Kamel
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- 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: Raduan Nassar
Target entity description: Raduan Nassar is a Brazilian writer renowned for his intense, lyrical prose and influential novels such as "Lavoura Arcaica" ("Ancient Tillage").
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A.
Abdel Aziz
Abdel Aziz is a common Arabic male given name meaning "servant of the Almighty" and is widely used across the Muslim world.
-
B.
Nasser Kamel
Nasser Kamel is an Egyptian diplomat who serves as Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, a regional organization fostering cooperation between European and Mediterranean countries.
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C.
al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh
al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh was a child Fatimid caliph of Egypt whose brief reign in the mid-12th century was dominated by powerful viziers amid the dynasty’s political decline.
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D.
Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir
Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir is a jovial Egyptian excavator and close friend of Indiana Jones who assists him in several of his archaeological adventures.
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E.
Hussein Kamel
Hussein Kamel was the Sultan of Egypt from 1914 to 1917, installed by the British during World War I after they deposed Khedive Abbas II and declared Egypt a protectorate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| adaptationOfWork | Lavoura Arcaica film adaptation (directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho) ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Camões Prize
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Jabuti Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-11-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of São Paulo ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Lebanese descent ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
law
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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lyrical prose ⓘ novel ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary Brazilian prose ⓘ |
| knownFor |
biblical and mythic references in prose
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exploration of family conflict ⓘ exploration of sexuality ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Portuguese ⓘ |
| laterCareer |
agricultural entrepreneur
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farmer in São Paulo state ⓘ |
| literaryDebut | Lavoura Arcaica ⓘ |
| movement |
Brazilian literature
ⓘ
Latin American literature ⓘ |
| name | Raduan Nassar ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Cup of Rage
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Ancient Tillage ⓘ Lavoura Arcaica ⓘ Menina a Caminho e Outros Textos ⓘ Um Copo de Cólera ⓘ |
| numberOfNovels | two major short novels ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | Portuguese ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pindorama, São Paulo, Brazil ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfWork |
Lavoura Arcaica, 1975
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Menina a Caminho e Outros Textos, 1997 ⓘ Um Copo de Cólera, 1978 ⓘ |
| received |
Camões Prize 2016
ⓘ
linked to:
Camões Prize
|
| status | living person ⓘ |
| style |
intense prose
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lyrical prose ⓘ |
| workedAs |
director of Jornal do Bairro
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newspaper editor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Raduan Nassar
Description of subject: Raduan Nassar is a Brazilian writer renowned for his intense, lyrical prose and influential novels such as "Lavoura Arcaica" ("Ancient Tillage").
Referenced by (2)
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