Silence

1966 novel by Shusaku Endo
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Silence

Summary

Silence is a literary work[1]. Silence ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (642 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Silence authored Shūsaku Endō[3].
  • Silence received the Tanizaki Prize[4].
  • Silence's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Silence's genre is recorded as historical fiction[6].
  • Silence's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316322320[7].
  • Silence's GND ID is recorded as 1073850196[8].
  • Silence's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001255162[9].
  • Silence's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[10].
  • Silence's country of origin is recorded as Japan[11].
  • Silence's publication date is recorded as +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Silence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rggft[13].
  • Silence's Open Library ID is recorded as OL15391655W[14].
  • Silence's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Silence-novel-by-Endo[15].
  • Silence's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '沈黙'}[16].
  • Silence's Allcinema film ID is recorded as 143772[17].
  • Silence's derivative work is recorded as Silence[18].
  • Silence's derivative work is recorded as Silence[19].
  • Silence's OCLC work ID is recorded as 19114385[20].
  • Silence's form of creative work is recorded as novel[21].
  • Silence's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987009841554605171[22].
  • Silence's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1796157[23].

Body

Works and Contributions

Silence authored Shūsaku Endō[3].

Recognition

Silence received the Tanizaki Prize[4].

Why It Matters

Silence ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (642 views/month).[2] Silence has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Silence is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

What awards did Silence receive?

Honors received include Tanizaki Prize[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . chuko.co.jp. chuko.co.jp. Provenance: 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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