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The Letter for the King

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Summary

The Letter for the King is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (680 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Tonke Dragt[3]
  • Genre: children's fiction[4]
  • Language of work or name: Dutch[5]
  • Country of origin: Netherlands[6]
  • Publication date: 1962[7]
  • Translator: Laura Watkinson[8]
  • Has edition or translation: Q141591997[9]
  • Title: De brief voor de koning[10]
  • Intended public: child[11]
  • Derivative work: The Letter for the King[12]
  • P14389: drag001brie01[13]

Why It Matters

The Letter for the King has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

literary work Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . deboekenplank.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . deboekenplank.nl. Retrieved . deboekenplank.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Translator: Laura Watkinson, nl_books: sourced statements from KB/nl-wiki ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/518cfae1d6b9|details]])"
  2. 12d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'hy', 'nl', 'pl', 'sv', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 9
    Viaf cluster id → 4187151051781133530002
    P14389 → drag001brie01
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Viaf cluster id: 4187151051781133530002, nl_books: sourced statements from KB/nl-wiki ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/95a155dc6584|details]])"
  3. 14w ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open library id → OL3793472W
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Open library id: OL3793472W, add claims: P648"
  4. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Translator → Laura Watkinson
    Author → Tonke Dragt
    Publication date → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ur */"
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