# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-alire-saenz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:16:04.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-alire-saenz"
name: "Benjamin Alire Sáenz"
slug: "benjamin-alire-saenz"
description: "Benjamin Alire Sáenz was an American poet, novelist and writer of children's books."
tagline: "Poet, novelist and writer from the United States"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Saenz_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-08-16"
deathDate: "2026-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           14.97974
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "benjamin.alire.saenz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump