Jérôme Lindon
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Jérôme Lindon was a prominent French publisher best known for directing Éditions de Minuit and championing avant-garde and politically engaged literature.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jérôme Lindon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jérôme Lindon Context triple: [Vincent Lindon, relative, Jérôme Lindon]
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A.
Stéphane Loda
Stéphane Loda is a French local politician who serves as the mayor of the Mediterranean coastal commune of Canet-en-Roussillon.
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B.
Benoît Delhomme
Benoît Delhomme is a French cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on international films such as The Scent of Green Papaya, The Theory of Everything, and Lawless.
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C.
Jérôme Maison
Jérôme Maison is a cinematographer best known for his work on the acclaimed nature documentary film "March of the Penguins."
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D.
Frédéric Bricout
Frédéric Bricout is a French politician who serves as the mayor of the northern French city of Cambrai.
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E.
Laurent Durand
Laurent Durand was an 18th-century French publisher and bookseller best known for helping to produce the influential Enlightenment-era Encyclopédie.
- 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: Jérôme Lindon Target entity description: Jérôme Lindon was a prominent French publisher best known for directing Éditions de Minuit and championing avant-garde and politically engaged literature.
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A.
Stéphane Loda
Stéphane Loda is a French local politician who serves as the mayor of the Mediterranean coastal commune of Canet-en-Roussillon.
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B.
Benoît Delhomme
Benoît Delhomme is a French cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on international films such as The Scent of Green Papaya, The Theory of Everything, and Lawless.
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C.
Jérôme Maison
Jérôme Maison is a cinematographer best known for his work on the acclaimed nature documentary film "March of the Penguins."
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D.
Frédéric Bricout
Frédéric Bricout is a French politician who serves as the mayor of the northern French city of Cambrai.
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E.
Laurent Durand
Laurent Durand was an 18th-century French publisher and bookseller best known for helping to produce the influential Enlightenment-era Encyclopédie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French publisher
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human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French literary avant-garde
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anti-colonial intellectual movements in France ⓘ |
| basedIn | Éditions de Minuit headquarters in Paris ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| employer |
Éditions de Minuit
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linked to:
Les Éditions de Minuit
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| era | 20th-century French literature ⓘ |
| familyName | Lindon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
French literature
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publishing ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde literature
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politically engaged literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Jérôme ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrProtégé | younger French novelists published at Éditions de Minuit ⓘ |
| hasRole |
gatekeeper for experimental French fiction
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promoter of politically engaged writing in France ⓘ |
| influenced |
French political publishing in the second half of the 20th century
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development of the Nouveau Roman ⓘ postwar French literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
maintaining Éditions de Minuit as a major independent publisher
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supporting censored and controversial authors ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | Nouveau Roman ⓘ |
| name | Jérôme Lindon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
championing avant-garde literature
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championing politically engaged literature ⓘ directing Éditions de Minuit ⓘ |
| notableWork |
publication of politically engaged texts during the Algerian War
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publication of works by Alain Robbe-Grillet ⓘ publication of works by Samuel Beckett ⓘ publication of works by the Nouveau Roman authors ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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publisher ⓘ |
| partOf | French publishing industry ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | left-wing intellectual milieu in France ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of Éditions de Minuit ⓘ |
| publisherOf |
Alain Robbe-Grillet
ⓘ
Claude Simon ⓘ Jean Echenoz ⓘ Jean-Philippe Toussaint ⓘ Marguerite Duras ⓘ Nathalie Sarraute ⓘ Robert Pinget ⓘ Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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