Atonement

2001 novel by Ian McEwan
VisualArtwork literary_work Q306619
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Atonement

Summary

Atonement is a literary work[1]. Atonement ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,339 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Atonement authored Ian McEwan[3].
  • Atonement received the WH Smith Literary Award[4].
  • Atonement received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction[5].
  • Atonement received the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize[6].
  • Atonement received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction[7].
  • Atonement's instance of is recorded as literary work[8].
  • Atonement's publisher is recorded as Jonathan Cape[9].
  • Atonement's genre is recorded as metafiction[10].
  • Atonement's follows is recorded as Amsterdam[11].
  • Atonement's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 195844162[12].
  • Atonement's GND ID is recorded as 4802066-7[13].
  • Atonement's OCLC number is recorded as 248628819[14].
  • Atonement's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 165121940[15].
  • Atonement's IdRef ID is recorded as 077659465[16].
  • Atonement's Commons category is recorded as Atonement (Ian McEwan)[17].
  • Atonement's language of work or name is recorded as English[18].
  • Atonement's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[19].
  • Atonement's publication date is recorded as +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Atonement's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0643c3[21].
  • Atonement's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1855944W[22].
  • Atonement's has edition or translation is recorded as Atonement[23].
  • Atonement's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137854289[24].
  • Atonement's narrative location is recorded as London[25].
  • Atonement's narrative location is recorded as Dunkirk[26].
  • Atonement's narrative location is recorded as England[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Atonement authored Ian McEwan[3].

Recognition

Awards received include WH Smith Literary Award[4], an award[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1959[30]; Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction[5]; Exclusive Books Boeke Prize[6], an award[31], in South Africa[32], founded in 1995[33]; and National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction[7], a National Book Critics Circle Award[34], in United States[35].

Why It Matters

Atonement ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,339 views/month).[2] Atonement has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Atonement is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

FAQs

What awards did Atonement receive?

Honors received include WH Smith Literary Award[4], Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction[5], Exclusive Books Boeke Prize[6], and National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Atonement. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/atonement-q306619
MLA “Atonement.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/atonement-q306619.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_atonement-q306619_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Atonement}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/atonement-q306619}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Atonement — https://4ort.xyz/entity/atonement-q306619 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/atonement-q306619 · Last refreshed: