# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-pastor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:38.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-pastor"
name: "Ben Pastor"
slug: "ben-pastor"
description: "Ben Pastor, pseudonym of Maria Verbena Volpi, is an author born in Rome. She is known for her historical novels taking place in ancient Rome and in post World War II Germany. She has Italian and US citizenship."
tagline: "Italian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_PASTOR_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.74
  momentum:             3.35978835978836
  historical:           6.424233333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.benpastor.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Pastor"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "بين باستور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "بين باستور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Pastor"
    title: "Ben Pastor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Pastor"
    title: "Ben Pastor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Pastor"
    title: "Ben Pastor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Pastor"
    title: "Ben Pastor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3637947"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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