Purge

novel by Sofi Oksanen
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Purge

Summary

Purge is a literary work[1]. Purge ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Purge authored Sofi Oksanen[3].
  • Purge received the Finlandia Award[4].
  • Purge received the Nordic Council Literature Prize[5].
  • Purge received the Runeberg Prize[6].
  • Purge received the Kalevi Jäntti Award[7].
  • Purge received the Union of Finnish Writers Award[8].
  • Purge received the Prix du roman Fnac[9].
  • Purge's instance of is recorded as literary work[10].
  • Purge's genre is historical prose literature[11].
  • Purge's genre is crime literature[12].
  • Purge's language of work or name is recorded as Finnish[13].
  • Purge's country of origin is recorded as Finland[14].
  • Purge was released on +2008-04-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Purge's has edition or translation is recorded as Puhdistus[16].
  • Purge's has edition or translation is recorded as Purge[17].
  • Purge's narrative location is recorded as Estonia[18].
  • Purge's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Puhdistus'}[19].
  • Purge's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Purge'}[20].
  • Purge's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Очищение'}[21].

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Authorship and Creation

Purge authored Sofi Oksanen[3].

Publication

Purge was released on +2008-04-00T00:00:00Z[15]. Purge's language of work or name is recorded as Finnish[13]. Genres include historical prose literature[11] and crime literature[12].

Reception

Awards received include Finlandia Award[4], a literary award[22], in Finland[23], founded in 1984[24]; Nordic Council Literature Prize[5], a literary award[25], founded in 1962[26]; Runeberg Prize[6], a literary award[27], in Finland[28], founded in 1986[29]; Kalevi Jäntti Award[7], a literary award[30], in Finland[31], founded in 1942[32]; Union of Finnish Writers Award[8], a literary award[33], in Finland[34], founded in 1949[35]; and Prix du roman Fnac[9], a literary award[36], in France[37], founded in 2002[38].

Why It Matters

Purge ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53 views/month).[2] Purge has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Purge is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did Purge receive?

Honors received include Finlandia Award[4], Nordic Council Literature Prize[5], Runeberg Prize[6], and Kalevi Jäntti Award[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . fennica.linneanet.fi. fennica.linneanet.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Literary awards of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . Literary awards of Sweden. wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . fennica.linneanet.fi. fennica.linneanet.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . melinda.kansalliskirjasto.fi. melinda.kansalliskirjasto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . saf.petrsu.ru. saf.petrsu.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of literary work
    Genre historical prose literature, crime literature
    Has edition or translation Puhdistus, Purge
    Genre
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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