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The Beginning Place

1980 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Summary

The Beginning Place is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Ursula K. Le Guin[3]
  • Publisher: Harper[4]
  • Genre: fantasy[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Country of origin: United States[7]
  • Publication date: February 1980[8]
  • Has edition or translation: The Beginning Place[9]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel[10], Mythopoeic Fantasy Award[11]
  • Title: The Beginning Place[12]
  • Form of creative work: novel[13]

Why It Matters

The Beginning Place has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

literary work United States Ursula K. Le Guin

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] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . isfdb.org. Retrieved . isfdb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . 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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  1. 3d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'it', 'pl', 'simple', 'sv', 'uk', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 7
    Bookbrainz work id → 8299041e-967b-44d7-9299-414cfcab02bf
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nominated for → Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
    Aliases → —
    Publisher → —
    Form of creative work → novel
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی بیگننگ پلیس]]"
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