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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

autobiography by Salman Rushdie
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Summary

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder authored Meditations After an Attempted Murder — author (P50): Salman Rushdie[3].
  • Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder's instance of is recorded as Meditations After an Attempted Murder — instance of (P31): literary work[4].
  • Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder's genre is Meditations After an Attempted Murder — genre (P136): autobiography[5].
  • Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder's language of work or name is recorded as Meditations After an Attempted Murder — language of work or name (P407): English[6].
  • Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder's has edition or translation is recorded as Meditations After an Attempted Murder — has edition or translation (P747): Q137579335[7].
  • Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder's has edition or translation is recorded as Meditations After an Attempted Murder — has edition or translation (P747): Q137579389[8].
  • Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Knife'}[9].

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Authorship and Creation

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder authored Meditations After an Attempted Murder — author (P50): Salman Rushdie[3].

Publication

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder's language of work or name is recorded as Meditations After an Attempted Murder — language of work or name (P407): English[6]. Its genre is Meditations After an Attempted Murder — genre (P136): autobiography[5].

Why It Matters

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (277 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

literary work Salman Rushdie

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Penguin random house work id → 738826
    Author → Salman Rushdie
    Genre → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Penguin random house work id: 738826, add Penguin Random House work ID"
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