Robert Silvers
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Robert Silvers was an influential American editor best known as the long-time co-editor of The New York Review of Books, where he shaped literary and intellectual discourse for decades.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert B. Silvers | 4 |
| Robert Silvers canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4895785 — 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: Robert Silvers Context triple: [Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, notableRecipient, Robert Silvers]
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A.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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B.
Samuel Silverstein
Samuel Silverstein is a mountaineer known for being among the first climbers to successfully reach the summit of Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif.
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C.
M. L. Rosenthal
M. L. Rosenthal was an influential American literary critic and poet best known for introducing and defining the concept of "confessional" poetry in modern literature.
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D.
Edwin Schlossberg
Edwin Schlossberg is an American designer, artist, and author known for his innovative work in interactive museum and exhibition design.
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E.
Stuart Ullman
Stuart Ullman is a minor character in Stephen King’s horror novel "The Shining," serving as the hotel manager who hires Jack Torrance as the winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel.
- 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: Robert Silvers Target entity description: Robert Silvers was an influential American editor best known as the long-time co-editor of The New York Review of Books, where he shaped literary and intellectual discourse for decades.
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A.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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B.
Samuel Silverstein
Samuel Silverstein is a mountaineer known for being among the first climbers to successfully reach the summit of Antarctica’s highest peak, Vinson Massif.
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C.
M. L. Rosenthal
M. L. Rosenthal was an influential American literary critic and poet best known for introducing and defining the concept of "confessional" poetry in modern literature.
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D.
Edwin Schlossberg
Edwin Schlossberg is an American designer, artist, and author known for his innovative work in interactive museum and exhibition design.
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E.
Stuart Ullman
Stuart Ullman is a minor character in Stephen King’s horror novel "The Shining," serving as the hotel manager who hires Jack Torrance as the winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
ⓘ
human ⓘ literary editor ⓘ magazine editor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
French Legion of Honour
ⓘ
linked to:
Légion d'honneur
National Book Award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters ⓘ National Humanities Medal ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| coEditorOf | The New York Review of Books ⓘ |
| coFounded | The New York Review of Books ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-12-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-03-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sorbonne
ⓘ
linked to:
Sorbonne University
University of Chicago ⓘ University of Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Université de Paris
|
| employer | The New York Review of Books ⓘ |
| familyName | Silvers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
journalism
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| influenced |
American intellectual life
ⓘ
contemporary literary criticism ⓘ public intellectual discourse in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Robert Silvers ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-time leadership of The New York Review of Books
ⓘ
shaping American literary and intellectual discourse ⓘ |
| notableRole | founding editor of The New York Review of Books ⓘ |
| notableWork | The New York Review of Books ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ literary critic ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mineola, New York ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-editor of The New York Review of Books
ⓘ
editor of The New York Review of Books ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | New York ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Silvers Description of subject: Robert Silvers was an influential American editor best known as the long-time co-editor of The New York Review of Books, where he shaped literary and intellectual discourse for decades.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Robert Silvers
linked to: Robert Silvers
linked to: Robert Silvers