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Annihilation

2022 novel by Michel Houellebecq
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Summary

Annihilation is a literary work[1]. Annihilation ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,066 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Michel Houellebecq[3]
  • Follows: Serotonin[4]
  • Depicts: intelligence agency[5], irreligion[6], government[7], long-term care[8], literary realism[9]
  • Language of work or name: French[10]
  • Country of origin: France[11]
  • Publication date: January 7, 2022[12]
  • Translator: Shaun Whiteside[13]
  • Title: Anéantir[14], 滅ぼす[15], Annihilation[16]
  • Form of creative work: novel[17]

Why It Matters

Annihilation has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Annihilation is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

France literary work Michel Houellebecq

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . francetvinfo.fr. francetvinfo.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Form of creative work → novel
    Language of work or name → French
    Country of origin → France
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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