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Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine

1996 novel by Jostein Gaarder
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Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine

Summary

Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine authored A Letter to St Augustine — author (P50): Jostein Gaarder[3].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's instance of is recorded as A Letter to St Augustine — instance of (P31): literary work[4].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's language of work or name is recorded as A Letter to St Augustine — language of work or name (P407): Norwegian[5].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's country of origin is recorded as A Letter to St Augustine — country of origin (P495): Norway[6].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's publication date is recorded as +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wdvhz[8].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's Open Library ID is recorded as OL922426W[9].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's has edition or translation is recorded as A Letter to St Augustine — has edition or translation (P747): Q131560802[10].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 2415870[11].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's FantLab work ID is recorded as 186752[12].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's form of creative work is recorded as A Letter to St Augustine — form of creative work (P7937): novel[13].
  • Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 30079[14].

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Works and Contributions

Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine authored A Letter to St Augustine — author (P50): Jostein Gaarder[3].

Why It Matters

Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Jostein Gaarder literary work Norway

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Language of work or name → Norwegian
    Publication date → +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Form of creative work → novel
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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