# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrus-kivirahk
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:21:19.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrus-kivirahk"
name: "Andrus Kivirähk"
slug: "andrus-kivirahk"
description: "Andrus Kivirähk is an Estonian writer, playwright, screenwriter, and satirist. He writes across genres for both adults and children, including satirical columns and screenplays. Many of his stories have been adapted into films. A number of his works have also been translated into multiple languages. Kivirähk has received awards in children's literature in Estonia and internationally. He often mixes elements of dark humor, Estonian folklore, fantasy, and social commentary in his writing."
tagline: "Estonian writer (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk_2021._aasta_Kirjandust%C3%A4nava_festivalil.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1970-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.69
  momentum:             0.3132341425215349
  historical:           19.847412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1314828/"
    handle:    "nm1314828"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اندروس كيڤيراهك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Անդրուս Կիվիրյահկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кивиряхк, Андрус"
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    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%BA"
    title: "Андрус Ківірягк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrus_Kivir%C3%A4hk"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1042206"
    title: "Andrus Kivirähk"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump