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Midnight's Children

1981 novel by Salman Rushdie
Creative Work Literary Work Q625764

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12 properties
Instance of
literary work
Award received
Booker Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction[3][4][5][6]
Author
Salman Rushdie[2]
Genre
magic realist fiction, historical fiction[8][9]
Language of work or name
English[10]
Publication date
1981[12]
Country of origin
United Kingdom[11]
Derivative work
Midnight's Children[16]
Form of creative work
novel[17]
Narrative location
India[13]
Publisher
Jonathan Cape[7]
Title
Midnight's Children, Mitternachtskinder[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Midnight's Children en ''Midnight's Children'' ar أطفال منتصف الليل cs Děti půlnoci cs Midnight's Children de Mitternachtskinder de Midnight’s Children de Midnight's Children el Τα παιδιά του μεσονυκτίου es Midnight's Children es Hijos de la medianoche fa بچه‌های نیمه‌شب fa بچه های نیمه شب fa بچهٔ های نیمهٔ شب fi Keskiyön lapset fi Midnight's Children fr Midnight's Children fr Les Enfants de minuit he ילדי חצות hi मिडनाईटस चिल्ड्रन
🔖 Identifiers · 21
VIAF cluster ID
174721054
GND ID
1232420573
BBC Things ID
802f035f-d6a1-48d8-a655-cec12cb827d6
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14527543b
BookBrainz work ID
e208459b-6679-4613-a646-82caa0595f31
Douban book works ID
1010260
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Midnights-Children
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
les-enfants-de-minuit
FantLab work ID
54584
Freebase ID
/m/0137h8
Goodreads work ID
1024288
ISFDB title ID
4042
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Internet Archive ID
midnightschi00rush
J9U entity ID
987007507299105171
LibraryThing work ID
2118
NooSFere book ID
18651
OCLC work ID (obsolete)
180576
Open Library ID
OL457179W, OL32380651M
Penguin Random House work ID
158932
Topic's main category
Category:Midnight's Children
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Book", "MidnightsChildren"]

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Award received 3
Booker Prize, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Author 1
Salman Rushdie
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Derivative work 1
Midnight's Children
Form of creative work 1
novel
Genre 1
historical fiction
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Narrative location 1
India
Publisher 1
Jonathan Cape
← Based on 1
Midnight's Children
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Midnight's Children is a literary work[1].

FAQs

What awards did Midnight's Children receive?

Honors received include Booker Prize[3], James Tait Black Memorial Prize[4], Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[5], and 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction[6].

Related Entities

India literary work Salman Rushdie United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved . thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BookBrainz work ID → e208459b-6679-4613-a646-82caa0595f31
    "Created claim: BookBrainz work ID: e208459b-6679-4613-a646-82caa0595f31, batch #290269"
  2. 26w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → Salman Rushdie
    Derivative work → Midnight's Children
    Publisher → Jonathan Cape
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:مڈ نائٹس چلڈرن"
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