Micromégas

1752 short story by Voltaire
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1785978
Micromégas
After Maurice Quentin de La Tour · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Micromégas

Summary

Micromégas is a literary work[1]. Micromégas ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Micromégas authored Voltaire[3].
  • Micromégas's image is recorded as D'après Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Portrait de Voltaire (c. 1737, musée Antoine Lécuyer).jpg[4].
  • Micromégas's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Micromégas's genre is recorded as philosophical fable[6].
  • Micromégas's genre is recorded as fiction[7].
  • Micromégas's GND ID is recorded as 4424479-4[8].
  • Micromégas's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119574805[9].
  • Micromégas's part of is recorded as Collection roman18 (MiMoText)[10].
  • Micromégas's Commons category is recorded as Micromégas[11].
  • Micromégas's language of work or name is recorded as French[12].
  • Micromégas's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of France[13].
  • Micromégas's publication date is recorded as +1752-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Micromégas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0272jm[15].
  • Micromégas's Open Library ID is recorded as OL24160554W[16].
  • Micromégas's has edition or translation is recorded as Micromégas[17].
  • Micromégas's has edition or translation is recorded as Micromegas[18].
  • Micromégas's has edition or translation is recorded as Micromegas[19].
  • Micromégas's has edition or translation is recorded as Micromegas[20].
  • Micromégas's has edition or translation is recorded as Herr de Voltairs Micromegas eller Lill-Masse[21].
  • Micromégas's has edition or translation is recorded as Q117280036[22].
  • Micromégas's has edition or translation is recorded as Q117281089[23].
  • Micromégas's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138297282[24].
  • Micromégas's narrative location is recorded as Earth[25].
  • Micromégas's narrative location is recorded as Saturn[26].
  • Micromégas's narrative location is recorded as Sirius[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Micromégas authored Voltaire[3]. Things named for Micromégas include 224617 Micromégas[28], an asteroid[29].

Why It Matters

Micromégas ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2] Micromégas has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Micromégas is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Micromégas include 224617 Micromégas[28], an asteroid[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Bibliographie Du Genre Romanesque Français, 1751-1800. data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Bibliographie Du Genre Romanesque Français, 1751-1800. data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Bibliographie Du Genre Romanesque Français, 1751-1800. data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Part of Collection roman18 (MiMoText)
    Publication date +1752-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Language of work or name French
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