# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aleksandrs-caks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:57.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aleksandrs-caks"
name: "Aleksandrs Čaks"
slug: "aleksandrs-caks"
description: "Aleksandrs Čaks [ɑ.lɛk.sɑndrs tʃɑks], was a Latvian poet and writer. Čaks is arguably the first Latvian writer whose works are distinctly urban, compared to the usual depictions of country life or small villages in earlier Latvian literature."
tagline: "Latvian writer (1901–1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aleksandrs_%C4%8Caks_1925.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901-10-27"
deathDate: "1950-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.347826086956522
  historical:           19.611232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.cakamuzejs.lv/"
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    title: "Чак, Александр"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump