Independence Day

1995 novel by Richard Ford
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Independence Day

Summary

Independence Day is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Independence Day authored Richard Ford[3].
  • Independence Day received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[4].
  • Independence Day received the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction[5].
  • Independence Day's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Independence Day's publisher is recorded as Alfred A. Knopf[7].
  • Independence Day's follows is recorded as The Sportswriter[8].
  • Independence Day's followed by is recorded as The Lay of the Land[9].
  • Independence Day's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Independence Day's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Independence Day's publication date is recorded as +1995-06-13T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Independence Day's publication date is recorded as +1995-01-01T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Independence Day's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05b34z[14].
  • Independence Day's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2465639W[15].
  • Independence Day's has edition or translation is recorded as Independence Day[16].
  • Independence Day's has edition or translation is recorded as Independence Day[17].
  • Independence Day's narrative location is recorded as New Jersey[18].
  • Independence Day's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 902[19].
  • Independence Day's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Independence-Day-novel-by-Ford[20].
  • Independence Day's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Independence Day'}[21].
  • Independence Day's BBC Things ID is recorded as 68261a57-fe12-4d95-a832-fcc857105c67[22].
  • Independence Day's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as independance[23].
  • Independence Day's OCLC work ID is recorded as 1914750[24].
  • Independence Day's FantLab work ID is recorded as 332074[25].
  • Independence Day's form of creative work is recorded as novel[26].
  • Independence Day's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 2199385[27].

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Works and Contributions

Independence Day authored Richard Ford[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[4], a class of award[28], in United States[29], founded in 1948[30] and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction[5], a literary award[31], in United States[32], founded in 1981[33].

Why It Matters

Independence Day ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did Independence Day receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[4] and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . pulitzer.org. Retrieved . pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . 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] . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows The Sportswriter
    Publication date +1995-06-13T00:00:00Z, +1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Author Richard Ford
    Form of creative work novel
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:انڈی پینڈنس ڈے (فورڈ ناول)]]"
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