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So Long a Letter

1981 novel by Mariama Bâ
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So Long a Letter

Summary

So Long a Letter is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (683 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • So Long a Letter authored Mariama Bâ[3].
  • So Long a Letter's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • So Long a Letter was published by Heinemann[5].
  • So Long a Letter's genre is epistolary novel[6].
  • So Long a Letter's language of work or name is recorded as French[7].
  • So Long a Letter's country of origin is recorded as Senegal[8].
  • So Long a Letter was published on 1981[9].
  • So Long a Letter's title is recorded as Une si longue lettre.[10].
  • So Long a Letter's different from is recorded as Q136557098[11].
  • So Long a Letter's form of creative work is recorded as novel[12].

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Authorship and Creation

So Long a Letter authored Mariama Bâ[3]. It was published by Heinemann[5].

Publication

So Long a Letter was released on 1981[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as French[7]. Its genre is epistolary novel[6].

Why It Matters

So Long a Letter ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (683 views/month).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · BarryFemo · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → Mariama Bâ
    Different from → Q136557098
    Freebase id → /m/04rcdp
    Instance of → literary work
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P7937]]: [[Q8261]]"
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