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The Name of the Wind

2007 novel by Patrick Rothfuss
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Summary

The Name of the Wind is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,657 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Patrick Rothfuss[3]
  • Publisher: DAW Books[4]
  • Genre: heroic fantasy[5], high fantasy[6], fantasy[7]
  • Followed by: The Wise Man's Fear[8]
  • Part of the series: The Kingkiller Chronicle[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Publication date: March 27, 2007[12]
  • Has edition or translation: The Name of the Wind[13], O Nome do Vento[14], Jméno větru: kronika Královraha, den první[15]
  • Official website: http://lahistoriadekvothe.com[16]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best First Novel[17], Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel[18], Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel[19]
  • Title: The Name of the Wind[20], Vindens namn[21], Jméno větru[22]
  • Has characteristic: debut novel[23]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[24]
  • Form of creative work: novel[25]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ff25a379-64b3-41f4-93f2-59d6e6b92d45[27]

Why It Matters

The Name of the Wind has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

literary work United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . locusmag.com. locusmag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . locusmag.com. locusmag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gpi.noosfere.org. gpi.noosfere.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.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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  1. 12d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bs', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ka', 'lv', 'nl', '
    Sitelink count → 22
    Bookbrainz work id → f208ae16-8705-4cc5-be28-adb45f466eec
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  2. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → The Name of the Wind, Q126711132, Q121963118 +3
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → novel
    Official website → http://lahistoriadekvothe.com
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی نیم آف دی ونڈ]]"
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