Perfume

1985 novel by Patrick Süskind
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Perfume
Jean-Antoine Watteau · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Perfume

Summary

Perfume is a literary work[1]. Perfume ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,032 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Perfume authored Patrick Süskind[3].
  • Perfume received the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel[4].
  • Perfume's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Perfume's genre is developmental novel[6].
  • Perfume's genre is Künstlerroman[7].
  • Perfume's genre is historical fiction[8].
  • Perfume's Commons category is recorded as Das Parfum[9].
  • Perfume's language of work or name is recorded as German[10].
  • 1949 marks the founding of Perfume[11].
  • Perfume was published on 1985[12].
  • Perfume's characters is recorded as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille[13].
  • Perfume's characters is recorded as Giuseppe Baldini[14].
  • Perfume's characters is recorded as Madame Baldini[15].
  • Perfume's cover art by is recorded as Jean-Antoine Watteau[16].
  • Perfume's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137848306[17].
  • Perfume's narrative location is recorded as Paris[18].
  • Perfume's narrative location is recorded as Grasse[19].
  • Perfume's narrative location is recorded as Montpellier[20].
  • Perfume's main subject is 18th century[21].
  • Perfume's main subject is Grenoble[22].
  • Perfume's main subject is odor[23].
  • Perfume's main subject is perfumer[24].
  • Perfume's main subject is misery[25].
  • Perfume's main subject is obsession[26].
  • Perfume's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/21/books/a-killer-haunted-by-smells.html[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Perfume authored Patrick Süskind[3].

Publication

Perfume was published on 1985[12]. Perfume's language of work or name is recorded as German[10]. Genres include developmental novel[6], Künstlerroman[7], and historical fiction[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include 18th century[21], Grenoble[22], odor[23], perfumer[24], misery[25], and obsession[26].

Reception

Perfume received the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel[4].

Why It Matters

Perfume ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,032 views/month).[2] Perfume has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Perfume is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Perfume receive?

Honors received include World Fantasy Award for Best Novel[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 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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