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Homo Ludens

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Homo Ludens

Summary

Homo Ludens is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (330 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Homo Ludens authored Johan Huizinga[3].
  • Homo Ludens's image is recorded as Joan Huizinga, Homo ludens maitrier.jpg[4].
  • Homo Ludens's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • Homo Ludens's genre is recorded as essay[6].
  • Homo Ludens's GND ID is recorded as 1065843658[7].
  • Homo Ludens's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12236407c[8].
  • Homo Ludens's language of work or name is recorded as Dutch[9].
  • Homo Ludens's country of origin is recorded as Netherlands[10].
  • Homo Ludens's publication date is recorded as +1938-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Homo Ludens's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04dvkj[12].
  • Homo Ludens's Open Library ID is recorded as OL20354198M[13].
  • Homo Ludens's Open Library ID is recorded as OL7944836M[14].
  • Homo Ludens's Internet Archive ID is recorded as homoludensstudyo0000huiz[15].
  • Homo Ludens's Internet Archive ID is recorded as homoludensstudyo0000unse[16].
  • Homo Ludens's has edition or translation is recorded as Q133265156[17].
  • Homo Ludens's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 97394[18].
  • Homo Ludens's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Homo-Ludens[19].
  • Homo Ludens's title is recorded as {'lang': 'nds', 'text': 'Homo ludens'}[20].
  • Homo Ludens's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Homo ludens'}[21].
  • Homo Ludens's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Homo ludens'}[22].
  • Homo Ludens's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Homo ludens'}[23].
  • Homo Ludens's OCLC work ID is recorded as 4087434247[24].
  • Homo Ludens's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1221407[25].
  • Homo Ludens's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 203913[26].
  • Homo Ludens's Kallías ID is recorded as AK01600942[27].

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Designation and Status

Homo Ludens's instance of is recorded as written work[5].

Why It Matters

Homo Ludens ranks in the top 4% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (330 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Johan Huizinga Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Goodreads. Retrieved . 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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