# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bei-dao
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:04:00.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bei-dao"
name: "Bei Dao"
slug: "bei-dao"
description: "Bei Dao is the pen name of the Chinese-American writer Zhao Zhenkai. Among the most acclaimed Chinese-language poets of his generation, he is often regarded as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In addition to poetry, he is the author of short fiction, essays, and a memoir. Known as a dissident, he is a prominent representative of a school of poetry known variously in the West as \"Misty\" or \"Obscure\" Poetry."
tagline: "Contemporary Chinese (PRC) avant garde poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bei_Dao.IMG_3385.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.807186224364139
  historical:           23.193716
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump