# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-gowdy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:02.437Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-gowdy"
name: "Barbara Gowdy"
slug: "barbara-gowdy"
description: "Barbara Gowdy, CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Born in Windsor, Ontario, she is the long-time partner of poet Christopher Dewdney and resides in Toronto."
tagline: "Canadian writer (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara_Gowdy_-_Eden_Mills_Writers_Festival_-_2017_(DanH-9388)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.345753333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332952/"
    handle:    "nm0332952"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.barbaragowdy.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Gowdy"
    title: "Barbara Gowdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "باربرا غودي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "باربرا جودى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Gowdy"
    title: "Barbara Gowdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Gowdy"
    title: "Barbara Gowdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Gowdy"
    title: "Barbara Gowdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537699"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150552"
    title: "Barbara Gowdy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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