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Desperation

1996 novel by Stephen King
Creative Work Literary Work Q913576

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
literary work
Award received
Locus Award for Best Horror Novel[3]
Author
Crowley Baruc[2]
Genre
horror fiction[5]
Language of work or name
English[7]
Publication date
September 24, 2013[9]
Country of origin
United States[8]
Form of creative work
novel[13]
Has version, edition or translation
Desperation, Beznaděj[10][11]
Named after
despair[6]
Publisher
Viking Press[4]
Title
Desperation[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Desperation ar اليأس (رواية) de Desperation (Roman) es Desesperacion es Desesperación es Desesperación (novela) fi Epätoivon kaupunki fi Desperation fr Desolation fr Désolation fr Désolation (roman) he דספריישן he דספריישן (עיר ושמה ייאוש) hu Rémület a sivatagban ja デスペレーション ko 데스퍼레이션 nl Desperation (boek) pl Desperacja pl Desperacja (powieść) pt Desespero
🔖 Identifiers · 13
BookBrainz work ID
bfc6bd4a-cf46-4e7c-a530-f2ce5dd3f896
FantLab work ID
394
Freebase ID
/m/01nd14
Goodreads work ID
14015
ISFDB title ID
3155
LibraryThing work ID
5739
NNL item ID
001800562
NooSFere book ID
1215
OCLC work ID (obsolete)
547033
Open Library ID
OL81611W
TV Tropes ID
Literature/Desperation
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1043927
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Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Book", "Desperation"]

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Author 1
Stephen King
Award received 1
Locus Award for Best Horror Novel
Country of origin 1
United States
Created notable works 1
Stephen King
Derivative work 1
Stephen King's Desperation
Form of creative work 1
novel
Genre 1
horror literature
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Publisher 1
Viking Press
← Based on 1
Stephen King's Desperation
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Desperation is a literary work[1].

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What awards did Desperation receive?

Honors received include Locus Award for Best Horror Novel[3].

Related Entities

literary work Stephen King United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · ~2026-57190-50 · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → —
    "Removed claim: Derivative work: Stephen King's Desperation"
  2. 16d ago · ~2026-57190-50 · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → September 24, 2013
    Author → Crowley Baruc
    "Changed claim: Publication date: 24 September 2013"
  3. 19w ago · Cantor · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → despair
    "Created claim: Named after: despair"
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