# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-brett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:12:17.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-brett"
name: "Brian Brett"
slug: "brian-brett"
description: "Brian Brett was a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and novelist. Brett wrote and published extensively, starting in the late 1960s, and he worked as an editor for several publishing firms, including the Governor-General's Award-winning Blackfish Press. He also wrote a three-part memoir of his life in British Columbia."
tagline: "Canadian writer (1950–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Brett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-04-28"
deathDate: "2024-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.09
  momentum:             13.33333333333333
  historical:           4.804284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brianbrett.ca"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "برايان بريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "برايان بريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Brett"
    title: "Brian Brett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Brett"
    title: "Brian Brett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Brett"
    title: "Brian Brett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911939"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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