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Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

short story by Jorge Luis Borges
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Summary

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,033 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jorge Luis Borges[3]
  • Publisher: Sur[4]
  • Genre: fantasy[5], speculative fiction[6]
  • Commons category: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius[7]
  • Language of work or name: Spanish[8]
  • Country of origin: Argentina[9]
  • Publication date: 1940[10]
  • Has edition or translation: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius[12]
  • Published in: The Garden of Forking Paths[13], Les Chefs-d'œuvre de la science-fiction (anthologie)[14], Ficciones[15]
  • Title: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius[16]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[17]
  • Form of creative work: short story[18]

Why It Matters

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Argentina Jorge Luis Borges literary work

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv', '
    Sitelink count → 16
    Bookbrainz work id → 8b54b3fb-efc2-4f9f-a74e-c041f450090f
    Published in → The Garden of Forking Paths, Les Chefs-d'œuvre de la science-fiction (anthologie), Ficciones
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: 8b54b3fb-efc2-4f9f-a74e-c041f450090f, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
  2. 13w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Noosfere story id → 33639
    Archive of our own tag → Tlön Uqbar Orbis Tertius - Jorge Luis Borges
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Noosfere story id: 33639, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/63711708|Tlön Uqbar Orbis Tertius (#63711708)]] for {{P|6221}}"
  3. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Publisher → Sur
    Country of origin → Argentina
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:تھلون، اکبار، اوربس ٹرشیئس]]"
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