Somnium

1634 novel by Johannes Kepler
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Somnium

Summary

Somnium is a literary work[1]. Somnium ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,227 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Somnium authored Johannes Kepler[3].
  • Somnium's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Somnium's genre is science fiction[5].
  • Somnium's language of work or name is recorded as Neo-Latin[6].
  • Somnium's country of origin is recorded as Holy Roman Empire[7].
  • Somnium was published on 1634[8].
  • Somnium's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Somnivm, seu opvs posthvmvm de astronomia lvnari'}[9].
  • Somnium's copyright status is recorded as public domain[10].
  • Somnium's copyright status is recorded as public domain[11].
  • Somnium's form of creative work is recorded as novel[12].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Somnium authored Johannes Kepler[3].

Publication

Somnium was published on 1634[8]. Somnium's language of work or name is recorded as Neo-Latin[6]. Somnium's genre is science fiction[5].

Why It Matters

Somnium ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,227 views/month).[2] Somnium has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Somnium is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 19
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'hr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', '
    Gnd id → 1130737829
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 10d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → somnium
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: somnium, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960291|somnium (#289960291)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Author → Johannes Kepler
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → novel
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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