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A Prayer for Owen Meany

1989 novel by John Irving
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A Prayer for Owen Meany

Summary

A Prayer for Owen Meany is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (682 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Prayer for Owen Meany authored John Irving[3].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's publisher is recorded as William Morrow[5].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's genre is recorded as bildungsroman[6].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's follows is recorded as The Cider House Rules[7].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's followed by is recorded as A Son of the Circus[8].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 191525481[9].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's GND ID is recorded as 4412824-1[10].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13517547c[11].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's publication date is recorded as +1989-03-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025926[15].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's Open Library ID is recorded as OL14858723W[16].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's has edition or translation is recorded as Q124517943[17].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's has edition or translation is recorded as A Prayer for Owen Meany[18].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 7263[19].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's Theatricalia play ID is recorded as 7a6[20].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/A-Prayer-for-Owen-Meany[21].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Prayer for Owen Meany'}[22].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's BBC Things ID is recorded as a5b3ee02-1fd3-4462-8308-d7e6f61e4614[23].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Book", "APrayerForOwenMeany"][24].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's derivative work is recorded as Simon Birch[25].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's OCLC work ID is recorded as 142937474[26].
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Literature/APrayerForOwenMeany[27].

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Works and Contributions

A Prayer for Owen Meany authored John Irving[3].

Why It Matters

A Prayer for Owen Meany ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (682 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

John Irving literary work Tortola United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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