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On the Water

1998 novella by H.M. van den Brink
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Summary

On the Water is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Hans Maarten van den Brink[3]
  • Publisher: Faber & Faber[4]
  • Language of work or name: Dutch[5]
  • Country of origin: Netherlands[6]
  • Publication date: 1998[7], 1997[8], May 1, 1998[9]
  • Has edition or translation: Q141662429[10]
  • Narrative location: Amsterdam[11]
  • Nominated for: Boekenbon Literatuurprize 1998[12], Boekenbon Literatureprize[13]
  • Title: Over het water[14]
  • Form of creative work: novella[15]
  • P14389: brin015over01[16]

Why It Matters

On the Water has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

literary work Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . boekenbonliteratuurprijs.nl. boekenbonliteratuurprijs.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . boekenbonliteratuurprijs.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . boekenbonliteratuurprijs.nl. boekenbonliteratuurprijs.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . boekenbonliteratuurprijs.nl. boekenbonliteratuurprijs.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . KB catalogue. Retrieved . resolver.kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1998-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Viaf cluster id → 8704151965266900470006
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 7d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'ur']
    Form of creative work → novella
    Sitelink count → 6
    P14389 → brin015over01
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en, nl */ nl_books: sourced statements from KB/nl-wiki ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/dbdfcc4a7ff5|details]])"
  4. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Nominated for → Boekenbon Literatuurprize 1998, Boekenbon Literatureprize
    Narrative location → Amsterdam
    Language of work or name → Dutch
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:آن دی واٹر (ناول)]]"
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