playwright

person who writes plays
Intangible theatrical_occupation Q214917
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Summary

playwright is a theatrical occupation[1]. playwright draws 7,180 Wikipedia views per month (theatrical occupation category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: writer[3]
  • Commons category: Playwrights[4]
  • Field of this occupation: playwriting[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dramatists and playwrights[6]
  • ISCO-88 occupation class: 2451[7]
  • Described by source: Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[8]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/PlayWright[9]
  • Different from: dramaturge[10], screenwriter[11]
  • Female form of label: dramaturga[12], drammaturga[13], Dramatikerin[14], toneelschrijfster[15], dramatička[16], dramatičarka[17], dramaturgă[18], كاتبة مسرحية[19], dramaturģe[20], dramaturge[21], מחזאית[22], драматургиња[23], dramistino[24], θεατρική συγγραφέας[25]
  • Male form of label: Dramatiker[26], драматург[27], كاتب مسرحيات[28], dramaturge[29], drammaturgo[30], dramaturgo[31], dramatik[32], hidramatavan[33], dramaturgas[34]
  • Model item: Aristophanes[35], William Shakespeare[36]
  • Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after dramatists and playwrights[37]

Why It Matters

playwright has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] playwright is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . RKDthesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . dictionnaire.lerobert.com. dictionnaire.lerobert.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 94
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ add badge sitelink to redirect to eowiki sitelink; see [[Wikidata:Sitelinks to redirects]] for details #msynbotTask10"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005193-dramatici
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005193-dramatici, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 18w ago · Ymnes · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Said to be the same as: stage author"
  4. 18w ago · LadyData · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dramatists
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: dramatists, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932382|dramatists (#289932382)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 14471, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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