The Waste Land

poem by T.S. Eliot
Place written_work Q581458
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The Waste Land

Summary

The Waste Land is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,697 views/month, #25 of 6,426).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Waste Land authored T. S. Eliot[3].
  • The Waste Land's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Waste Land's instance of is recorded as narrative poetry[5].
  • The Waste Land was published by Horace Liveright[6].
  • The Waste Land's genre is poetry[7].
  • The Waste Land's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Waste Land's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Waste Land's country of origin is recorded as England[10].
  • The Waste Land was released on 1922[11].
  • The Waste Land's has edition or translation is recorded as The Waste Land[12].
  • The Waste Land's has edition or translation is recorded as The Waste Land (iPad edition)[13].
  • The Waste Land's has edition or translation is recorded as Q140471393[14].
  • The Waste Land's dedicated to is recorded as Ezra Pound[15].
  • Ulysses inspired The Waste Land[16].
  • From Ritual to Romance inspired The Waste Land[17].
  • The Waste Land's described at URL is recorded as https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land-56d227a99ddeb[18].
  • The Waste Land's title is recorded as The Waste Land[19].
  • The Waste Land's first line is recorded as April is the cruellest month, breeding[20].
  • The Waste Land's last line is recorded as Shantih shantih shantih[21].
  • The Waste Land's copyright status is recorded as public domain[22].
  • The Waste Land's form of creative work is recorded as poem[23].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[4] and narrative poetry[5].

Why It Matters

The Waste Land ranks in the top 0.39% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,697 views/month, #25 of 6,426).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 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.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag the-waste-land
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: the-waste-land, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289968823|the waste land (#289968823)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  2. 5w ago · HombreDHojalata · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image The waste land(1922)Eliot Boni.djvu
    Inspired by Ulysses, From Ritual to Romance
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: The waste land(1922)Eliot Boni.djvu"
  3. 10w ago · Valtaisa varpunen · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation The Waste Land, The Waste Land (iPad edition), Q140471393
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P747]]: [[Q140471393]]"
  4. 18w ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status public domain
    Country of origin
    Country of origin United States, England
    Publication date
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1085]]: 14880749, add claims: P1085 Edit on behalf of acct:004c0bd9ea5f4a64862674b92fe9c13b@inventaire.io"
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