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Michael Ondaatje

Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)

Provider: Wikidata. These recorded connections are observations, not Counterpedia claims. They do not establish source support.

Data and provenance

Provider: Wikidata · Entity ID: Q313593

Release: sha256:f33228901a35b0683356002a46df9ceb11f399d05f17abb5c7c78256cbf38ba7

Graph membership is not truth. Each relation below is an observed typed edge the local Wikimedia graph bundle already materialized — not a corroborated, verified, or admitted claim. Bounded to 40 relations via an offset-index lookup (offset_index_binary_search), never a full scan of the bundle.Serving a published subset: joined entities + 1-hop neighborhood of 35,994 exact Wikipedia–Wikidata title matches. A subject that is not itself in that subset carries only the relations the subset recorded for it, so a small count here is the published scope and not a complete relationship inventory.

Development requests are not available on this deployment. The observed entity and its graph links remain readable.

1-hop relations (40+)

Observed adjacency only. Each spoke is a typed edge already materialized in the graph, labeled by its recorded predicate — graph proximity is not support, corroboration, or admission. The links below are the accessible, no-JavaScript path to the same neighbors.

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Grouped by a fixed presentation taxonomy for legibility only. The grouping asserts no rank, truth, support, or standing — every observed edge is carried, none reordered by importance.

Identity & relations (4)

→ given name (P735)MichaelObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P735 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q4927524
→ spouse (P26)Linda SpaldingObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6551984
→ family name (P734)OndaatjeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P734 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q21493820
← spouse (P26)Linda SpaldingObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q6551984

Occupation & roles (9)

→ occupation (P106)film actorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q10800557
→ occupation (P106)teacherObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q37226
→ occupation (P106)film editorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q7042855
→ occupation (P106)university teacherObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1622272
→ occupation (P106)pedagogueObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1231865
→ occupation (P106)film directorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2526255
→ occupation (P106)voice actorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2405480
→ occupation (P106)novelistObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6625963
→ occupation (P106)poetObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q49757

Notable works (5)

→ notable work (P800)The English PatientObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P800 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1292533
→ notable work (P800)Coming Through SlaughterObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P800 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2985217
← author (P50)Coming Through SlaughterObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P50 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q2985217
← author (P50)The English PatientObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P50 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q1292533
← author (P50)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P50 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q5284410

Organizations & affiliations (4)

→ educated at (P69)Dulwich CollegeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1264867
→ educated at (P69)University of TorontoObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q180865
→ employer (P108)University of Western OntarioObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P108 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1144262
→ member of (P463)Royal Society of CanadaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P463 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q94301

Other connections (15)

→ Relationship name unavailable (P1411)Booker PrizeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1411 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q160082
→ award received (P166)Toronto Book AwardsObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2444343
→ Relationship name unavailable (P6379)National Gallery of CanadaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P6379 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1068063
→ award received (P166)Governor General's Literary AwardsObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q3405963
→ award received (P166)Companion of the Order of CanadaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q15278107
→ award received (P166)Prix Médicis étrangerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q3405076
→ award received (P166)Officer of the Order of CanadaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q15278116
→ award received (P166)Governor General's Award for English-language fictionObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q3405805
→ work location (P937)TorontoObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P937 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q172
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1412)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1412 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
→ Relationship name unavailable (P485)University of Victoria Special Collections and University ArchivesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P485 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q47518588
→ described by source (P1343)UbuWebObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1343 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1145552
← Relationship name unavailable (P3373)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P3373 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q1086882
← Relationship name unavailable (P1346)Governor General's Award for English-language fictionObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1346 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q3405805
← Relationship name unavailable (P1346)Booker PrizeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1346 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q160082

External identifiers (3)

→ image (P18)Michael Ondaatje at Tulane 2010.jpgObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P18 · Direction: outgoing
→ image (P18)Michael Ondaatje redux.jpgObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P18 · Direction: outgoing
→ Commons category (P373)Michael OndaatjeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P373 · Direction: outgoing

More relations exist beyond this bounded panel's cap of 40. This panel intentionally shows a small neighborhood, not the full graph.

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