Buried Child

play by Sam Shepard
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Buried Child

Summary

Buried Child is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buried Child authored Sam Shepard[3].
  • Buried Child received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama[4].
  • Buried Child's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Buried Child's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • Buried Child's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/096s92[7].
  • Buried Child's narrative location is recorded as Illinois[8].
  • Buried Child's date of first performance is recorded as +1978-06-27T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Buried Child's Internet Broadway Database show ID is recorded as 2296[10].
  • Buried Child's Theatricalia play ID is recorded as 8pn[11].
  • Buried Child's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Buried-Child[12].
  • Buried Child's location of first performance is recorded as San Francisco[13].
  • Buried Child's form of creative work is recorded as play[14].
  • Buried Child's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 165691[15].
  • Buried Child's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 210168[16].
  • Buried Child's The Literary Encyclopedia work ID is recorded as 6177[17].
  • Buried Child's IDU play ID is recorded as 12268[18].

Body

Works and Contributions

Buried Child authored Sam Shepard[3].

Recognition

Buried Child received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama[4].

Why It Matters

Buried Child ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

FAQs

What awards did Buried Child receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Drama[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 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] . Virtual Study of Theatre Institute. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Buried Child. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/buried-child
MLA “Buried Child.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/buried-child.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_buried-child_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Buried Child}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/buried-child}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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