Group 47

Literary group of German writers
Organization literary_society Q732018
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Group 47

Summary

Group 47 is a literary society[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of literary_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Group 47 is in the country of West Germany[3].
  • Group 47's instance of is recorded as literary society[4].
  • Group 47's founder is recorded as Alfred Andersch[5].
  • Group 47's founder is recorded as Wolfgang Bächler[6].
  • Group 47's founder is recorded as Heinz Friedrich[7].
  • Group 47's founder is recorded as Walter Maria Guggenheimer[8].
  • Group 47's founder is recorded as Walter Kolbenhoff[9].
  • Group 47's founder is recorded as Friedrich Minssen[10].
  • Group 47's founder is recorded as Nicolaus Sombart[11].
  • Group 47's ISNI is recorded as 0000000103359156[12].
  • Group 47's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154376847[13].
  • Group 47's GND ID is recorded as 2164070-1[14].
  • Group 47's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81003027[15].
  • Group 47's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11939091s[16].
  • Group 47's IdRef ID is recorded as 02732401X[17].
  • Group 47's Commons category is recorded as Gruppe 47[18].
  • Group 47's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35155309[19].
  • +1947-09-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Group 47[20].
  • Group 47 was dissolved in +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Group 47's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/030m1k[22].
  • Group 47's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20040929015[23].
  • Group 47's location of formation is recorded as Allgäu[24].
  • Group 47's SELIBR ID is recorded as 231005[25].
  • Group 47's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gruppe 47[26].
  • Group 47's Commons gallery is recorded as Gruppe 47[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Alfred Andersch[5], Wolfgang Bächler[6], Heinz Friedrich[7], Walter Maria Guggenheimer[8], Walter Kolbenhoff[9], and Friedrich Minssen[10]. +1947-09-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Group 47[20]. Its location of formation is recorded as Allgäu[24].

Dissolution

Group 47 was dissolved in +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Group 47 include Award of the Gruppe 47[28], an award[29], in Germany[30], founded in 1949[31].

Why It Matters

Group 47 ranks in the top 9% of literary_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include Award of the Gruppe 47[28], an award[29], in Germany[30], founded in 1949[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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