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Foucault's Pendulum

1988 Italian novel by Umberto Eco
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Foucault's Pendulum

Summary

Foucault's Pendulum is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (638 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Foucault's Pendulum authored Umberto Eco[3].
  • Foucault's Pendulum received the Bancarella Literary Prize[4].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's genre is recorded as esoteric novel[6].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's genre is recorded as adventure fiction[7].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's genre is recorded as crime literature[8].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's genre is recorded as historical fiction[9].
  • Foucault pendulum is named after Foucault's Pendulum[10].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's follows is recorded as The Name of the Rose[11].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's followed by is recorded as The Island of the Day Before[12].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's depicts is recorded as Foucault pendulum[13].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's depicts is recorded as Panthéon[14].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121509693[15].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[16].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's country of origin is recorded as Italy[17].
  • +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Foucault's Pendulum[18].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's publication date is recorded as +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/015948[20].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's Open Library ID is recorded as OL15331603W[21].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's Open Library ID is recorded as OL8996438W[22].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's translator is recorded as William Weaver[23].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's translator is recorded as Efi Kallifatidi[24].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's Internet Archive ID is recorded as foucaultspend00ecou[25].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's has edition or translation is recorded as El péndulo de Foucault[26].
  • Foucault's Pendulum's has edition or translation is recorded as Il pendolo di Foucault[27].

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Works and Contributions

Foucault's Pendulum authored Umberto Eco[3].

Recognition

Foucault's Pendulum received the Bancarella Literary Prize[4].

Why It Matters

Foucault's Pendulum ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (638 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Foucault's Pendulum receive?

Honors received include Bancarella Literary Prize[4].

Related Entities

Italy literary work Milan The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → The Island of the Day Before
    Publication date → +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → —
    Country of origin → Italy
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