# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-berkson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:43:29.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-berkson"
name: "Bill Berkson"
slug: "bill-berkson"
description: "William Craig Berkson was an American poet, critic, and teacher who was active in the art and literary worlds from his early twenties on."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Berkson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-08-30"
deathDate: "2016-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.149533333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Berkson"
    title: "Bill Berkson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيل بيركسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيل بيركسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بیل برکسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Berkson"
    title: "Bill Berkson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Berkson"
    title: "Bill Berkson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Berkson"
    title: "Bill Berkson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4908126"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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