Larry Eigner
E311900
Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Eigner canonical | 11 |
| poet Larry Eigner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2902686 — 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: Larry Eigner Context triple: [Black Mountain poets, hasMember, Larry Eigner]
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A.
Ed Dorn
Ed Dorn was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain school, known for his incisive, often politically charged verse and his long poem "Gunslinger."
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B.
Dan Futterman
Dan Futterman is an American actor and Academy Award–nominated screenwriter known for writing the film "Capote" and co-creating the TV series "In Treatment."
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C.
Alan Rothenberg
Alan Rothenberg is an American sports executive and attorney best known for his leadership roles in U.S. soccer, including helping bring and organize the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.
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D.
Harry Kurnitz
Harry Kurnitz was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his witty crime and mystery scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
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E.
Cecil Layendecker
Cecil Layendecker is a relatively obscure individual known primarily by name, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
- 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: Larry Eigner Target entity description: Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
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A.
Ed Dorn
Ed Dorn was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain school, known for his incisive, often politically charged verse and his long poem "Gunslinger."
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B.
Dan Futterman
Dan Futterman is an American actor and Academy Award–nominated screenwriter known for writing the film "Capote" and co-creating the TV series "In Treatment."
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C.
Alan Rothenberg
Alan Rothenberg is an American sports executive and attorney best known for his leadership roles in U.S. soccer, including helping bring and organize the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.
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D.
Harry Kurnitz
Harry Kurnitz was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for his witty crime and mystery scripts in mid-20th-century Hollywood.
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E.
Cecil Layendecker
Cecil Layendecker is a relatively obscure individual known primarily by name, with no widely documented public achievements or biographical details.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American poet
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human ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Mountain poets
ⓘ
Language poets ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-08-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-02-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | home schooling ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasDisability | cerebral palsy ⓘ |
| hasParticularCharacteristic |
attention to everyday detail
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composed many poems from wheelchair ⓘ emphasis on perception and environment ⓘ extensive use of white space on the page ⓘ short, fragmentary lines ⓘ visual spacing central to meaning ⓘ |
| influenced |
Language poets
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contemporary experimental poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Black Mountain College poets
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linked to:
Black Mountain poets
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Black Mountain poetry
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Mountain poets
Language poetry ⓘ
linked to:
Language poets
|
| notableFor |
innovative page layout
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minimalist poetry ⓘ visually spaced verse ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Another Time in Fragments
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Areas Lights Heights ⓘ Collected Poems of Larry Eigner ⓘ On My Eyes ⓘ |
| occupation | poet ⓘ |
| partOf |
20th-century American poetry
ⓘ
postwar American poetry ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berkeley, California, United States
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linked to:
Berkeley
|
| publisher |
Roof Books
ⓘ
Sun & Moon Press ⓘ |
| residence |
Berkeley, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Berkeley
Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ |
| style |
minimalism
ⓘ
open field composition ⓘ |
| usedWheelchair | true ⓘ |
| writingTool | typewriter ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Larry Eigner Description of subject: Larry Eigner was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain and Language poetry movements, known for his visually spaced, minimalist verse often composed from his wheelchair.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Larry Eigner