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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1969 autobiography about the early years of African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Janet Halverson · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Summary

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,561 views/month, #62 of 6,426).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings authored Maya Angelou[3].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published by Random House[5].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's genre is autobiography[6].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's genre is autobiographical novel[7].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was followed by Gather Together in My Name[8].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's Commons category is recorded as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings[9].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was released on 1969[12].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137945359[13].
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'}[14].

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Designation and Status

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ranks in the top 0.96% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,561 views/month, #62 of 6,426).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Maya Angelou United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Ppulbatu · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140786876
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    Publisher → Random House
    Instance of → written work
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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