Johnny Got His Gun

1939 novel by Dalton Trumbo
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Summary

Johnny Got His Gun is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,466 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Dalton Trumbo[3]
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins[4]
  • Genre: anti-war fiction[5], war fiction[6]
  • Language of work or name: English[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Publication date: September 1939[9]
  • Has edition or translation: Q140936413[10]
  • Main subject: World War I[11]
  • Number of pages: 309[12]
  • Title: Johnny Got His Gun[13]
  • Form of creative work: novel[14]

Why It Matters

Johnny Got His Gun has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'nl', '
    Sitelink count → 19
    Bookbrainz work id → 7a1d513f-e9ea-41ec-a2d4-9430abbedd29
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  2. 10w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → Q140936413
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  3. 19w ago · Mcampany · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ndl authority id → 033748894
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  4. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher → Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Publisher → —
    Form of creative work → novel
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    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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