Born a Crime

autobiography of Trevor Noah
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Born a Crime

Summary

Born a Crime is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (737 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Born a Crime authored Trevor Noah[3].
  • Born a Crime's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Born a Crime was published by Spiegel & Grau[5].
  • Born a Crime's genre is biography[6].
  • Born a Crime's genre is autobiography[7].
  • Born a Crime's depicts is recorded as Trevor Noah[8].
  • Born a Crime's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Born a Crime was published on November 15, 2016[10].
  • Born a Crime's narrative location is recorded as South Africa[11].
  • Born a Crime's described at URL is recorded as https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/25/born-a-crime-trevor-noah-south-africa-townships-daily-show[12].
  • Born a Crime's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Born a Crime'}[13].
  • Born a Crime's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Stories from a South African Childhood'}[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8797f06b-0b61-4551-ac49-713f3154bba9[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Born a Crime authored Trevor Noah[3]. It was published by Spiegel & Grau[5].

Publication

Born a Crime was published on November 15, 2016[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Genres include biography[6] and autobiography[7].

Why It Matters

Born a Crime ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (737 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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