# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brion-gysin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:30:34.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brion-gysin"
name: "Brion Gysin"
slug: "brion-gysin"
description: "Brion Gysin was a British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices."
tagline: "British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Brion_Gysin_LCCN2004662972.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: "1916-01-19"
deathDate: "1986-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0350531"
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    url:       "https://briongysin.com"
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    title: "Brion Gysin"
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    title: "Brion Gysin"
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    title: "Brion Gysin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump