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When We Were Orphans

novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
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When We Were Orphans

Summary

When We Were Orphans is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (196 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When We Were Orphans authored Kazuo Ishiguro[3].
  • When We Were Orphans's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • When We Were Orphans's genre is recorded as crime literature[5].
  • When We Were Orphans's follows is recorded as The Unconsoled[6].
  • When We Were Orphans's followed by is recorded as Never Let Me Go[7].
  • When We Were Orphans's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 307990721[8].
  • When We Were Orphans's OCLC number is recorded as 50915706[9].
  • When We Were Orphans's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • When We Were Orphans's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • When We Were Orphans's publication date is recorded as +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • When We Were Orphans's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08n9k_[13].
  • When We Were Orphans's Open Library ID is recorded as OL59047W[14].
  • When We Were Orphans's Open Library ID is recorded as OL59042W[15].
  • When We Were Orphans's Internet Archive ID is recorded as whenwewereorphan00kazu_0[16].
  • When We Were Orphans's has edition or translation is recorded as When We Were Orphans[17].
  • When We Were Orphans's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138559353[18].
  • When We Were Orphans's narrative location is recorded as People's Republic of China[19].
  • When We Were Orphans's main subject is recorded as orphan[20].
  • When We Were Orphans's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 7357[21].
  • When We Were Orphans's nominated for is recorded as Booker Prize[22].
  • When We Were Orphans's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/When-We-Were-Orphans[23].
  • When We Were Orphans's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'When We Were Orphans'}[24].
  • When We Were Orphans's OCLC work ID is recorded as 7101053[25].
  • When We Were Orphans's FantLab work ID is recorded as 38433[26].
  • When We Were Orphans's form of creative work is recorded as novel[27].

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Designation and Status

When We Were Orphans's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

When We Were Orphans ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (196 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go People's Republic of China United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved . thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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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  1. 4w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Never Let Me Go
    Publication date → +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → —
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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