Cheever: A Life
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Cheever: A Life is a comprehensive literary biography of American writer John Cheever, written by Blake Bailey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cheever: A Life canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2640858 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cheever: A Life Context triple: [Blake Bailey, notableWork, Cheever: A Life]
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A.
Hampton Sides
Hampton Sides is an American historian and bestselling narrative nonfiction author known for his gripping accounts of exploration, war, and adventure.
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B.
Keyserling
Keyserling is a surname most notably associated with Leon H. Keyserling, an influential American economist and former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
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C.
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was an American author and journalist renowned for pioneering New Journalism and writing influential works such as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Bonfire of the Vanities."
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D.
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
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E.
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American drama film, based on Sinclair Lewis’s novel, about a charismatic but morally conflicted salesman-turned-evangelist.
- 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: Cheever: A Life Target entity description: Cheever: A Life is a comprehensive literary biography of American writer John Cheever, written by Blake Bailey.
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A.
Hampton Sides
Hampton Sides is an American historian and bestselling narrative nonfiction author known for his gripping accounts of exploration, war, and adventure.
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B.
Keyserling
Keyserling is a surname most notably associated with Leon H. Keyserling, an influential American economist and former chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers.
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C.
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was an American author and journalist renowned for pioneering New Journalism and writing influential works such as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Bonfire of the Vanities."
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D.
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American author best known for his narrative nonfiction works such as "The Soul of a New Machine" and "Mountains Beyond Mountains."
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E.
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry is a 1960 American drama film, based on Sinclair Lewis’s novel, about a charismatic but morally conflicted salesman-turned-evangelist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biography
ⓘ
book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about | John Cheever ⓘ |
| author | Blake Bailey ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs |
comprehensive biography of John Cheever
ⓘ
definitive life of John Cheever ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
literary biography ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781400043941 ⓘ |
| hasOCLC | 232980732 ⓘ |
| includedIn | American literary biography canon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | John Cheever ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
life of John Cheever
ⓘ
literary career of John Cheever ⓘ personal struggles of John Cheever ⓘ |
| pageCount | around 770 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| subjectNotableFor |
novels
ⓘ
short stories ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | American writer ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary reviews in major newspapers ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1912–1982 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Cheever: A Life Description of subject: Cheever: A Life is a comprehensive literary biography of American writer John Cheever, written by Blake Bailey.
Referenced by (2)
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