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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

1979 novel by Milan Kundera
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Summary

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting authored Milan Kundera[3].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the creator of Milan Kundera[4].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's instance of is recorded as publication[6].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's collection is recorded as Michal Šufliarsky Collection[7].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's language of work or name is recorded as Czech[8].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's country of origin is recorded as Czechoslovakia[9].
  • +1981-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Book of Laughter and Forgetting[10].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's publication date is recorded as +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05fv7t[12].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's Open Library ID is recorded as OL10402330W[13].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's translator is recorded as Michael Henry Heim[14].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as aun2014843914[15].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 5158[16].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Book-of-Laughter-and-Forgetting[17].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's COURAGE ID is recorded as 3053[18].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's FantLab work ID is recorded as 260095[19].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's form of creative work is recorded as novel[20].
  • The Book of Laughter and Forgetting's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 3428728[21].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[5] and publication[6].

History and Context

+1981-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Book of Laughter and Forgetting[10].

Why It Matters

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

Czechoslovakia Milan Kundera

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . COURAGE Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . COURAGE Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . COURAGE Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . COURAGE Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . COURAGE Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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