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How Should a Person Be?

novel by Sheila Heti
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How Should a Person Be?

Summary

How Should a Person Be? is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • How Should a Person Be? authored Sheila Heti[2].
  • How Should a Person Be? received the The New Vanguard[3].
  • How Should a Person Be?'s instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • How Should a Person Be?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • How Should a Person Be? was published on January 1, 2010[6].
  • How Should a Person Be?'s has edition or translation is recorded as Q125472943[7].
  • How Should a Person Be?'s title is recorded as How Should a Person Be?[8].
  • How Should a Person Be?'s form of creative work is recorded as novel[9].

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Authorship and Creation

How Should a Person Be? authored Sheila Heti[2].

Publication

How Should a Person Be? was released on January 1, 2010[6]. How Should a Person Be?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

Reception

How Should a Person Be? received the The New Vanguard[3].

FAQs

What awards did How Should a Person Be? receive?

Honors received include The New Vanguard[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . houseofanansi.com. Retrieved . houseofanansi.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Ajarmund · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goodreads work id → 14244846
    Instance of → literary work
    Author → Sheila Heti
    Publication date → +2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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