And Never Said a Word

1953 novel by Heinrich Böll
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Summary

And Never Said a Word is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (397 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Heinrich Böll[3]
  • Language of work or name: German[4]
  • Country of origin: West Germany[5]
  • Inception: 1953[6]
  • Publication date: 1953[7]
  • Main subject: Allied-occupied Germany[8], marriage[9]
  • Title: Und sagte kein einziges Wort[10], I ne kaza nimo duma[11], Og han svarede dem ikke[12], And never said a word[13], Ega lausunud ühtegi sõna[14], Ei sanonut sanaakaan[15], Rentrez chez vous Bogner![16], Da ar uthkhwadzs arc erthi sitqwa[17], Apîllû millā aḥāt lô āmar[18], E non disse nemmeno una parola[19], Og sagði eitt einasta orð[20], Ir nepasakė nė žodžio[21], Ši n'a spus nič un kuvynt[22], Eng is de poort[23]
  • Form of creative work: novel[24]

Why It Matters

And Never Said a Word has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1953-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → literary work
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