Edith Grossman
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Edith Grossman was a renowned American literary translator best known for her influential English translations of major Spanish-language authors such as Gabriel García Márquez and Miguel de Cervantes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edith Grossman canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T834493 — 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: Edith Grossman Context triple: [The General in His Labyrinth, translatorToEnglish, Edith Grossman]
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A.
Úrsula Iguarán
Úrsula Iguarán is the resilient matriarch of the Buendía family in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," embodying endurance, moral authority, and the continuity of the family across generations.
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B.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a German-born writer and pioneering advocate for international ocean governance and the law of the sea.
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C.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American writer renowned for her novels blending magical realism with political and personal history, such as "The House of the Spirits."
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D.
Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist best known for works like "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" and "In the Time of the Butterflies," which explore themes of identity, exile, and cultural heritage.
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E.
Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel is a Mexican novelist and screenwriter best known for her magical realist novel "Like Water for Chocolate," which blends romance, family saga, and culinary tradition.
- 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: Edith Grossman Target entity description: Edith Grossman was a renowned American literary translator best known for her influential English translations of major Spanish-language authors such as Gabriel García Márquez and Miguel de Cervantes.
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A.
Úrsula Iguarán
Úrsula Iguarán is the resilient matriarch of the Buendía family in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," embodying endurance, moral authority, and the continuity of the family across generations.
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B.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a German-born writer and pioneering advocate for international ocean governance and the law of the sea.
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C.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American writer renowned for her novels blending magical realism with political and personal history, such as "The House of the Spirits."
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D.
Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist best known for works like "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" and "In the Time of the Butterflies," which explore themes of identity, exile, and cultural heritage.
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E.
Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel is a Mexican novelist and screenwriter best known for her magical realist novel "Like Water for Chocolate," which blends romance, family saga, and culinary tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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literary translator ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in Spanish ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Civil Merit (Spain)
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PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation ⓘ Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Translation Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-03-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-09-04 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | obituaries in major American newspapers ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University
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University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| employedBy | freelance ⓘ |
| familyName | Grossman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Spanish literature
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literary translation ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction translation
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Edith ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Edith Grossman ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential English translations of major Spanish-language authors
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translation of Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote" into English ⓘ translations of Gabriel García Márquez's novels into English ⓘ |
| notableIdea | advocacy for recognizing translators as co-creators of literary works ⓘ |
| notablePublication | "Why Translation Matters" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
English translation of "Don Quixote"
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English translations of works by Carlos Fuentes ⓘ English translations of works by Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ English translations of works by Mario Vargas Llosa ⓘ English translations of works by Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ English translations of works by Álvaro Mutis ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary translator
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translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
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linked to:
New York City
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| publisher | Yale University Press ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| translatedFromLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| translatedIntoLanguage | English ⓘ |
| workLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (12)
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