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Flowers for Algernon

short story by Daniel Keyes, later expanded into a novel
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Summary

Flowers for Algernon is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,448 views/month, #95 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Daniel Keyes[3]
  • Award received: Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4]
  • Genre: epistolary novel[5], science fiction[6]
  • Language of work or name: English[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Publication date: April 1959[9]
  • Main subject: genius[10], intellectual disability[11], intelligence amplification[12]
  • Published in: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One[13]
  • Title: Flowers for Algernon[14], Des fleurs pour Algernon[15]
  • Has characteristic: first-person narrative[16]
  • Derivative work: Flowers for Algernon[17]
  • Form of creative work: short story[18]

Why It Matters

Flowers for Algernon has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

FAQs

What awards did Flowers for Algernon receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Short Story[4].

Related Entities

Daniel Keyes intelligence amplification literary work United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. Retrieved . thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . 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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  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Has characteristic → first-person narrative
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    Main subject → genius, intellectual disability, intelligence amplification
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