Hana

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fictional character literary character nurse

Hana is a compassionate Canadian army nurse in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," who cares for a badly burned man in an abandoned Italian villa during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
nurse ⓘ
appearsIn The English Patient ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign of World War II
characterInNovelBy Michael Ondaatje ⓘ
characterTrait compassionate ⓘ
dedicated ⓘ
emotionally vulnerable ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
creator Michael Ondaatje ⓘ
fictionalLocation Italian villa ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
firstAppearance The English Patient ⓘ
surface form: The English Patient (1992 novel)
genreOfWorkContext historical novel ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
givenName Hana self-link ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryUniverse The English Patient universe ⓘ
mediumOfAppearance novel ⓘ
militaryBranch Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army
narrativeRole major character ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Canadian ⓘ
occupation army nurse ⓘ
nurse ⓘ
patientRelationship The English Patient ⓘ
surface form: the English patient
primaryActivity caring for a badly burned man ⓘ
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1992 ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting 1940s ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
workOfFiction The English Patient ⓘ

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Hana → givenName → Hana self-link ⓘ