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Player Piano

1952 novel by Kurt Vonnegut
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Summary

Player Piano is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,710 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Kurt Vonnegut[3]
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons[4]
  • Genre: science fiction[5], dystopian fiction[6]
  • Language of work or name: English[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1952[9]
  • Has edition or translation: Player Piano[10], Q121916059[11], Q141198073[12]
  • Nominated for: International Fantasy Award for Best Fiction[13]
  • Title: Player Piano[14], Ուտոպիա 14[15], Utopia 14[16]
  • Has characteristic: debut novel[17]
  • Form of creative work: novel[18]

Why It Matters

Player Piano has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Kurt Vonnegut literary work United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . isfdb.org. Retrieved . isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_player-piano_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Player Piano}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/player-piano}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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  1. 9d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'lt', 'nl', 'pl', 'ro', '
    Sitelink count → 17
    Bookbrainz work id → 7e2ffe7a-7f35-467a-b058-651e4ea52c0e
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → Player Piano, Q121916059, Q141198073
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Has edition or translation: Q141198073"
  3. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Genre → science fiction, dystopian fiction
    Nominated for → International Fantasy Award for Best Fiction
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:پلئیر پیانو (ناول)]]"
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