The Time of the Hero
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The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Time of the Hero canonical | 5 |
| La ciudad y los perros | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T834680 — 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: The Time of the Hero Context triple: [Latin American Boom, notableWork, The Time of the Hero]
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A.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the surreal, oppressive world of a timeless Caribbean dictator through dense, lyrical prose characteristic of magical realism.
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B.
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth is a historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez that fictionalizes the final journey and inner turmoil of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
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C.
Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
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D.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends journalism and fiction to reconstruct a foretold murder in a small Latin American town, exploring themes of honor, fate, and collective guilt.
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E.
La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.
- 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: The Time of the Hero Target entity description: The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
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A.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the surreal, oppressive world of a timeless Caribbean dictator through dense, lyrical prose characteristic of magical realism.
-
B.
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth is a historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez that fictionalizes the final journey and inner turmoil of Latin American liberator Simón Bolívar.
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C.
Grito de Baire
Grito de Baire was the 1895 uprising in the town of Baire that marked the formal beginning of Cuba’s War of Independence against Spanish colonial rule.
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D.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends journalism and fiction to reconstruct a foretold murder in a small Latin American town, exploring themes of honor, fate, and collective guilt.
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E.
La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Mario Vargas Llosa ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Premio Biblioteca Breve
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblioteca Breve Prize
Critics’ Prize (Spain) ⓘ |
| controversy |
copies publicly burned at Leoncio Prado Military Academy
ⓘ
criticized by Peruvian military authorities ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Peru ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
ⓘ
military novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374521390 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Alberto Fernández
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Jaguar ⓘ Ricardo Arana ⓘ The Slave ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Latin American narrative fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
realism
ⓘ
social realism ⓘ |
| movement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
multiple perspectives
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Time of the Hero
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
La ciudad y los perros
|
| partOf | Mario Vargas Llosa bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Barcelona ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | Seix Barral ⓘ |
| setting |
Peruvian Chorrillos Military School
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surface form:
Leoncio Prado Military Academy
Lima ⓘ Peru ⓘ |
| significance |
helped establish Mario Vargas Llosa’s international reputation
ⓘ
landmark work of the Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | life in a Peruvian military academy ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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brutality ⓘ corruption ⓘ institutional abuse ⓘ military authoritarianism ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Time of the Hero self-link ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
La ciudad y los perros
this entity surface form:
La ciudad y los perros
subject surface form:
Mario Vargas Llosa