# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carmen-lyra
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:05:30.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carmen-lyra"
name: "Carmen Lyra"
slug: "carmen-lyra"
description: "Carmen Lyra was the pseudonym of the first prominent female Costa Rican writer, born María Isabel Carvajal Quesada. She was a teacher and founder of the country's first Montessori school. She was one of the earliest writers to criticise the dominance of the fruit companies. She won many prizes."
tagline: "Costa Rican politician and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carmen_Lyra_2.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1887-01-15"
deathDate: "1949-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.030276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "卡門·萊拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارمين لايرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carmen Lyra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carmen Lyra"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Lyra"
    title: "Carmen Lyra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Lyra"
    title: "Carmen Lyra"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Lyra"
    title: "Carmen Lyra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Կարմեն Լիրա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Lyra"
    title: "Carmen Lyra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Lyra"
    title: "Carmen Lyra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кармен Лира"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Lyra"
    title: "Carmen Lyra"
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    title: "Кармен Ліра"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump