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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-31 · 10 entries checked · 14 flagged · 30 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 28 still open
Alejo Carpentier — Carpentier coined the term 'lo real maravilloso' (the marvelous real), which is distinct from magical realism; he is not typically considered a practitioner of magical realism but rather the originator of the marvelous real.
Alejo Carpentier — He escaped Cuba using a passport arranged through the influence of poet and writer Robert Desnos, not journalist Robert Desnos.
François Villon — The entry states Villon was born 'possibly on 19 April 1431 (Old Style 10 April 1431).' The Old Style (Julian) date corresponding to 19 April 1431 is actually 10 April 1431 only if the year is considered New Style (Gregorian), but in 1431 the Julian calendar w
Gabriel García Márquez — [staleness sweep] contains time-sensitive marker (As of 2023) - verify against current source and re-date or remove
Alexander Pushkin — [contradicted] Pushkin published his first poem at age 14 :: Pushkin published his first poem at the age of 15
Anna Akhmatova — [contradicted] Akhmatova's first book of verse, Evening (Vecher), published in 1912, included only 35 of the 200 poems she had written by the end of 1911. :: The source says: 'She exercised a strong selectivity for the pieces – including only 35 of the 200 poe
Anna Akhmatova — [contradicted] Her father, Andrey Gorenko, refused to allow any verses printed under his 'respectable' name, so she adopted her grandmother's Tatar surname 'Akhmatova' as a pen name. :: The source says: 'Akhmatova's father did not want to see any verses printe
Carlos Fuentes — [contradicted] Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, and ambassador to France. :: The source describes him as 'Mexican novelist, essayist and ambassador to France', matching; however, the intro assertion that he 'was one of the most admired w
Carlos Fuentes — [contradicted] His works include The Death of Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, The Old Gringo, and Christopher Unborn. :: Source lists exactly these works with same years; no contradiction.
D. H. Lawrence — [contradicted] The Rainbow was banned permanently :: Both novels were highly controversial and were banned on publication in the UK for obscenity, although Women in Love was banned only temporarily. (Source does not say The Rainbow was banned permanently; it s
Ferdowsi — [contradicted] He was buried in his own garden :: The source says Ferdowsi was buried in his own garden, and a Ghaznavid governor constructed a mausoleum over the grave; the tomb was rebuilt between 1928 and 1934 by the Society for the National Heritage of Ira
Ferdowsi — [contradicted] a satire condemning Mahmud is known to be by Ferdowsi :: The source states that there has been speculation about the satire, and that Nezami Aruzi claimed all but six lines were destroyed; some scholars view the verses as fabricated, others are
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