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The Tin Drum

1959 novel by Günter Grass
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The Tin Drum
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The Tin Drum

Summary

The Tin Drum is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (628 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Tin Drum authored Günter Grass[3].
  • The Tin Drum's image is recorded as Guenter Grass, Die Blechtrommel 1959.jpg[4].
  • The Tin Drum's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as picaresque novel[6].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as magic realist fiction[7].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as developmental novel[8].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as period novel[9].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as autofiction[10].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as Künstlerroman[11].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as metafiction[12].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as social fiction[13].
  • The Tin Drum's genre is recorded as historical fiction[14].
  • The Tin Drum's followed by is recorded as Cat and Mouse[15].
  • The Tin Drum's part of the series is recorded as Danzig Trilogy[16].
  • The Tin Drum's depicts is recorded as human sexuality[17].
  • The Tin Drum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 175789102[18].
  • The Tin Drum's GND ID is recorded as 4099211-1[19].
  • The Tin Drum's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119436033[20].
  • The Tin Drum's Commons category is recorded as Die Blechtrommel[21].
  • The Tin Drum's language of work or name is recorded as German[22].
  • The Tin Drum's country of origin is recorded as Germany[23].
  • The Tin Drum's publication date is recorded as +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z[24].
  • The Tin Drum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02zths[25].
  • The Tin Drum's Open Library ID is recorded as OL67334W[26].
  • The Tin Drum's characters is recorded as Agnes Matzerath[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Tin Drum authored Günter Grass[3].

Why It Matters

The Tin Drum ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (628 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Günter Grass: Die Blechtrommel (2000 Oldenburg ed.). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Günter Grass: Die Blechtrommel (2000 Oldenburg ed.). wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Günter Grass: Die Blechtrommel (2000 Oldenburg ed.). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Günter Grass: Die Blechtrommel (2000 Oldenburg ed.). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Günter Grass - Die Blechtrommel. Kommentar und Materialien (2010 Steidl ed.). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Günter Grass: Die Blechtrommel (2000 Oldenburg ed.). wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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