# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-chesnutt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:03:03.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-chesnutt"
name: "Charles Chesnutt"
slug: "charles-chesnutt"
description: "Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an African-American author, essayist, political activist, and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South. Two of his books were adapted as silent films in 1926 and 1927 by the African-American director and producer Oscar Micheaux. Following the Civil Rights Movement during the 20th century, interest in the works of Chesnutt was revived. Several of his books were published in new editions, and he received formal recognition. A commemorative stamp was printed in 2008."
tagline: "American novelist, short story writer, essayist, activist (1858–1932)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_W_Chesnutt_40.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1858-06-20"
deathDate: "1932-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51
  momentum:             11.8120700876376
  historical:           12.99852933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156261/"
    handle:    "nm0156261"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump