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The Zahir

short story by Jorge Luis Borges
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The Zahir

Summary

The Zahir is a literary work[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • The Zahir authored Jorge Luis Borges[3].
  • The Zahir's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Zahir's genre is fantasy[5].
  • The Zahir's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[6].
  • The Zahir's country of origin is recorded as Argentina[7].
  • The Zahir's main subject is obsession[8].
  • The Zahir's published in is recorded as The Aleph[9].
  • The Zahir's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'El zahir'}[10].
  • The Zahir's form of creative work is recorded as short story[11].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Zahir authored Jorge Luis Borges[3].

Publication

The Zahir's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[6]. Its genre is fantasy[5].

Subject and Themes

The Zahir's main subject is obsession[8].

Why It Matters

The Zahir has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

Argentina Jorge Luis Borges literary work

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fantlab work id → 68800
    Noosfere story id → 48574
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7439]]: 68800, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/192678467|Jorge Luis Borges - El Zahir (#192678467)]] for {{P|7439}}"
  2. 15w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → fantasy
    Language of work or name → Spanish
    Aliases → —
    Genre → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ur */"
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