# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/austin-clarke-q320358
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:37:27.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/austin-clarke-q320358"
name: "Austin Clarke"
slug: "austin-clarke-q320358"
description: "Austin Ardinel Chesterfield \"Tom\" Clarke,, was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and short story writer who was based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Among his notable books are novels such as The Polished Hoe (2002), memoirs including Membering (2015), and two collections of poetry, Where the Sun Shines Best (2013) and In Your Crib (2015)."
tagline: "Canadian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Austin_Clarke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-07-26"
deathDate: "2016-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.9
  momentum:             25
  historical:           10.30137066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Austin Clarke (tiểu thuyết gia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أوستن كلارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اوستن كلارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آستین کلارک (رمان‌نویس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Clarke_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "Austin Clarke (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Clarke_(novelist)"
    title: "Austin Clarke (novelist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_(%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3)"
    title: "آستین کلارک (رمان‌نویس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Clarke_(romancier)"
    title: "Austin Clarke (romancier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Clarke"
    title: "Austin Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Clarke"
    title: "Austin Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Clarke_(novelist)"
    title: "Austin Clarke (novelist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_(%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "آسٹن کلارک (ناول نگار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320358"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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