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Kallocain

dystopian novel by Karin Boye
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Summary

Kallocain is a literary work[1]. Kallocain ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,316 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Karin Boye[3]
  • Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press[4]
  • Genre: diary[5], science fiction[6]
  • Part of: Q140737155[7]
  • Language of work or name: Swedish[8]
  • Country of origin: Sweden[9]
  • Publication date: 1940[10]
  • Has edition or translation: Q126711864[11]
  • Nominated for: Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel[12]
  • Title: Kallocain[13], La Kallocaïne[14]
  • Copyright status: public domain[15]
  • Form of creative work: novel[16]

Why It Matters

Kallocain has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Kallocain is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Karin Boye literary work public domain Sweden

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'id', 'it', 'nn', 'no', 'pt', '
    Sitelink count → 18
    Bookbrainz work id → 3c2858cf-606a-4735-a2c5-dab9d7f95e52
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  2. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Q140737155
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  3. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Publisher → —
    Publication date → +1940-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Nominated for → Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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