Candide

1759 philosophical tale by Voltaire
VisualArtwork literary_work Q215894
Candide
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Candide

Summary

Candide is a literary work[1]. Candide ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (619 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Candide authored Voltaire[3].
  • Candide's image is recorded as Candide1759.jpg[4].
  • Candide's image is recorded as Voltaire - Candide - Baquoy - Moreau.jpg[5].
  • Candide's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Candide's illustrator is recorded as Jean-Michel Moreau[7].
  • Candide's genre is recorded as bildungsroman[8].
  • Candide's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 176620251[9].
  • Candide's GND ID is recorded as 4284773-4[10].
  • Candide's OCLC number is recorded as 470488115[11].
  • Candide's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2003077472[12].
  • Candide's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11957478m[13].
  • Candide's IdRef ID is recorded as 027560600[14].
  • Candide's part of is recorded as Index Librorum Prohibitorum[15].
  • Candide's part of is recorded as Collection roman18 (MiMoText)[16].
  • Candide's Commons category is recorded as Candide (Voltaire)[17].
  • Candide's language of work or name is recorded as French[18].
  • Candide's country of origin is recorded as France[19].
  • Candide's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of France[20].
  • +1782-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Candide[21].
  • Candide's publication date is recorded as +1759-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Candide's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01y9j[23].
  • Candide's Open Library ID is recorded as OL100672W[24].
  • Candide's translator is recorded as Henrique Harguindey Banet[25].
  • Candide's characters is recorded as Candide[26].
  • Candide's characters is recorded as Cunégonde[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Candide authored Voltaire[3].

Why It Matters

Candide ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (619 views/month).[2] Candide has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Candide is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. data.mimotext.uni-trier.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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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