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The Life Before Us

novel by Romain Gary (Émile Ajar)
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The Life Before Us

Summary

The Life Before Us is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Life Before Us authored Romain Gary[3].
  • The Life Before Us received the Prix Goncourt[4].
  • The Life Before Us's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Life Before Us's publisher is recorded as Mercure de France[6].
  • The Life Before Us's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 270496946[7].
  • The Life Before Us's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14638015b[8].
  • The Life Before Us's language of work or name is recorded as French[9].
  • The Life Before Us's country of origin is recorded as France[10].
  • The Life Before Us's publication date is recorded as +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Life Before Us's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05p1pyw[12].
  • The Life Before Us's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1226059W[13].
  • The Life Before Us's has edition or translation is recorded as Q60414003[14].
  • The Life Before Us's narrative location is recorded as Paris[15].
  • The Life Before Us's main subject is recorded as orphan[16].
  • The Life Before Us's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 383161[17].
  • The Life Before Us's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La Vie devant soi'}[18].
  • The Life Before Us's different from is recorded as Madame Rosa[19].
  • The Life Before Us's NNL item ID is recorded as 000941054[20].
  • The Life Before Us's NNL item ID is recorded as 001878973[21].
  • The Life Before Us's NNL item ID is recorded as 002249979[22].
  • The Life Before Us's NNL item ID is recorded as 002602040[23].
  • The Life Before Us's NNL item ID is recorded as 002662301[24].
  • The Life Before Us's FantLab work ID is recorded as 43481[25].
  • The Life Before Us's form of creative work is recorded as novel[26].
  • The Life Before Us's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007335640505171[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Life Before Us authored Romain Gary[3].

Recognition

The Life Before Us received the Prix Goncourt[4].

Why It Matters

The Life Before Us ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did The Life Before Us receive?

Honors received include Prix Goncourt[4].

Related Entities

France literary work Romain Gary

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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