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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Summary

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (799 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao authored Junot Díaz[3].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction[4].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[5].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's instance of is recorded as written work[6].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was published by Riverhead Books[7].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[9].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was released on September 6, 2007[11].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's cover art by is recorded as Rodrigo Corral[12].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's narrative location is recorded as Dominican Republic[13].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'}[14].
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's form of creative work is recorded as novel[15].

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Designation and Status

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao's instance of is recorded as written work[6].

Why It Matters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ranks in the top 3% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (799 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

FAQs

What awards did The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao receive?

Honors received include National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction[4] and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[5].

Related Entities

Dominican Republic Junot Díaz United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . bookcritics.org. Retrieved . bookcritics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English, Spanish
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    Publication date → +2007-09-06T00:00:00Z
    Narrative location → Dominican Republic
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