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Life is a Dream

play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1635)
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Life is a Dream

Summary

Life is a Dream is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (855 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Life is a Dream authored Pedro Calderón de la Barca[3].
  • Life is a Dream's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Life is a Dream's genre is tragedy[5].
  • Life is a Dream's Commons category is recorded as La vida es sueño[6].
  • Life is a Dream's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[7].
  • Life is a Dream's country of origin is recorded as Spain[8].
  • Life is a Dream's has edition or translation is recorded as Życie snem[9].
  • Life is a Dream's has edition or translation is recorded as Q19453022[10].
  • Life is a Dream's has edition or translation is recorded as Q99510539[11].
  • Life is a Dream's narrative location is recorded as Poland[12].
  • Life is a Dream's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/calderon/lebentrm/lebentrm.html[13].
  • Life is a Dream's date of first performance is recorded as 1635[14].
  • Life is a Dream's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'La vida es sueño'}[15].
  • Life is a Dream dates from the Baroque[16].
  • Life is a Dream's derivative work is recorded as Fever/Dream[17].
  • Life is a Dream's derivative work is recorded as Das Leben ein Traum[18].
  • Life is a Dream's form of creative work is recorded as play[19].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Life is a Dream authored Pedro Calderón de la Barca[3].

Publication

Life is a Dream's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[7]. Its genre is tragedy[5].

Material and Period

Life is a Dream dates from the Baroque[16].

Why It Matters

Life is a Dream ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (855 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

literary work Pedro Calderón de la Barca Poland Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wolnelektury.pl. wolnelektury.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wolnelektury.pl. wolnelektury.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · NinoBot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → tragedy
    Has edition or translation → Życie snem, Q19453022, Q99510539
    Narrative location → Poland
    Country of origin → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P747]]: [[Q139905589]], Adding edition to work via inverse property P629 edition of"
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