Norwegian Wood

1987 novel by Haruki Murakami
VisualArtwork literary_work Q751348
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Summary

Norwegian Wood is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,775 views/month, #196 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Haruki Murakami[3]
  • Genre: romance[4], bildungsroman[5]
  • Named after: Norwegian Wood[6]
  • Follows: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World[7]
  • Followed by: Dance Dance Dance[8]
  • Commons category: Norwegian Wood[9]
  • Language of work or name: Japanese[10]
  • Country of origin: Japan[11]
  • Inception: 1987[12]
  • Publication date: September 4, 1987[13], 1987[14]
  • Translator: Alfred Birnbaum[15]
  • Has edition or translation: Q69966015[16], Q126543895[17], Q126546233[18], Norské dřevo[19], Norwegian Wood[20], Naokos Lächeln[21]
  • Main subject: adolescence[22]
  • Title: ノルウェイの森[23]
  • Derivative work: Norwegian Wood[24]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[25]
  • Form of creative work: novel[26]

Why It Matters

Norwegian Wood has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Viaf cluster id → 273146462547627771051
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  2. 22w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Inception → —
    Aliases → —
    Main subject → adolescence
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:نارویجین ووڈ (ناول)]]"
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