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A Canticle for Leibowitz

1959 novel by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1659714

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16 properties
Instance of
literary work
Award received
Hugo Award for Best Novel, NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[3][4]
Author
Walter M. Miller[2]
Genre
science fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction[6][7]
Language of work or name
English[10]
Publication date
October 1959, 1959[12][13]
Followed by
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman[8]
Characters
Isaac Edward Leibowitz[14]
Country of origin
United States[11]
Depicts
engineering drawing[9]
Derivative work
A Canticle for Comiket[19]
Form of creative work
novel[20]
Has edition or translation
Q137779597[15]
Narrative location
Southwestern United States[16]
Publisher
J. B. Lippincott & Co.[5]
Title
A Canticle for Leibowitz, Un cantique pour Leibowitz[17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
en A Canticle for Leibowitz ar نشيد لليبوفيتز cs Chvalozpěv na Leibowitze de Lobgesang auf Leibowitz es Cántico por Leibowitz es A Canticle for Leibowitz es Cantico por Leibowitz fa سروده‌ای برای لیبوویتز fi Viimeinen kiitoshymni fr Un cantique pour Leibowitz he המנון לליבוביץ hu Hozsánna néked, Leibowitz it Un cantico per Leibowitz ja 黙示録3174年 pl Kantyczka dla Leibowitza pl Kantyk dla Leibowitza pt A Canticle for Leibowitz pt Um Cântico para Leibowitz ro A Canticle for Leibowitz ro Cantică pentru Leibowitz
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Archive of Our Own tag
A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
BookBrainz work ID
4bd71b35-b2ed-4544-b40d-ba82775574fb
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/A-Canticle-for-Leibowitz
FantLab work ID
13076
Freebase ID
/m/01bvdl
Goodreads work ID
250975
ISFDB title ID
2283, 2647958
LibraryThing work ID
48053
NooSFere book ID
9125
OCLC number
1451434
Open Library ID
OL2626638W, OL2626647W
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Penguin Random House work ID
114888
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1056100
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Book", "ACanticleForLeibowitz1960"]

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Genre 2
science fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction
Author 1
Walter M. Miller
Award received 1
Hugo Award for Best Novel
Country of origin 1
United States
Created notable works 1
Walter M. Miller
Depicts 1
engineering drawing
Form of creative work 1
novel
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Narrative location 1
Southwestern United States
Publisher 1
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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Summary

A Canticle for Leibowitz is a literary work[1].

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Reception

Awards received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[3], a literary award[21], founded in 1953[22] and NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4].

FAQs

What awards did A Canticle for Leibowitz receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Novel[3] and NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4].

Related Entities

literary work United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . npr.org. Retrieved . npr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'br', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'it', 'ja', '
    Sitelink count → 25
    Derivative work → A Canticle for Comiket
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: A Canticle for Comiket, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790850079187"
  2. 13w ago · YoureAGhostBaby · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characters → Isaac Edward Leibowitz
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Characters: Isaac Edward Leibowitz"
  3. 15w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of Our Own tag → A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Archive of Our Own tag: A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr., Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/233255149|A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walte"
  4. 25w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Genre → science fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction
    Has edition or translation → Q137779597
    Genre → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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