The Death of the Author

1967 essay by Roland Barthes
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The Death of the Author

Summary

The Death of the Author is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (957 views/month, #58 of 6,426).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Death of the Author authored Roland Barthes[3].
  • The Death of the Author's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Death of the Author's instance of is recorded as academic journal article[5].
  • The Death of the Author's genre is recorded as non-fiction[6].
  • The Death of the Author's genre is recorded as essay[7].
  • The Death of the Author's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 200918365[8].
  • The Death of the Author's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17827770q[9].
  • The Death of the Author's IdRef ID is recorded as 060897643[10].
  • The Death of the Author's language of work or name is recorded as French[11].
  • The Death of the Author's publication date is recorded as +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Death of the Author's publication date is recorded as +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • The Death of the Author's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048d4t[14].
  • The Death of the Author's main subject is recorded as death of the author theory[15].
  • The Death of the Author's main subject is recorded as authorial intent[16].
  • The Death of the Author's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Death of the Author'}[17].
  • The Death of the Author's FantLab work ID is recorded as 1743445[18].
  • The Death of the Author's ELMCIP ID is recorded as 7901[19].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[4] and academic journal article[5].

Why It Matters

The Death of the Author ranks in the top 0.9% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (957 views/month, #58 of 6,426).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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