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Mystery Writers of America

American organization of mystery and crime writers
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Mystery Writers of America

Summary

Mystery Writers of America is a literary society[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Mystery Writers of America is in the country of United States[3].
  • Mystery Writers of America's instance of is recorded as literary society[4].
  • Mystery Writers of America's Commons category is recorded as Mystery writers from the United States[5].
  • 1945 marks the founding of Mystery Writers of America[6].
  • Mystery Writers of America's official website is recorded as http://www.mysterywriters.org/[7].
  • Mystery Writers of America's topic's main category is recorded as Category:American mystery writers[8].

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Founding

1945 marks the founding of Mystery Writers of America[6].

Why It Matters

Mystery Writers of America has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Works attributed to it include The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time[10], a list of best books[11], founded in 1990[12], written by Crime Writers' Association[13].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Svkkl authority id → 0370220-Mystery-Writers-of-America
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    Country → United States
    Official website → http://www.mysterywriters.org/
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