# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alison-bechdel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:24:52.505Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/alison-bechdel"
name: "Alison Bechdel"
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description: "Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir Fun Home. Fun Home was subsequently adapted as a musical, which won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2015. In 2012, she released her second graphic memoir Are You My Mother? She was a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur \"Genius\" Award. She is also known for originating what would later be called the Bechdel test."
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birthDate: "1960-09-10"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump