# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chen-danyan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:13:16.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chen-danyan"
name: "Chen Danyan"
slug: "chen-danyan"
description: "Chen Danyan is a writer based in Shanghai, China. Born in Beijing, she moved to Shanghai as a child and her writing revolves around Shanghai and Shanghainese women. She is best known for her trilogy of biographical narratives: Shanghai Memorabilia, Shanghai Princess, and Shanghai Beauty."
tagline: "Chinese writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chen_Danyan_%E9%99%88%E4%B8%B9%E7%87%95.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.46
  momentum:             2.723891138525285
  historical:           5.477718666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Danyan"
    title: "Chen Danyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تشن دانيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Danyan"
    title: "Chen Danyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E4%B8%B9%E7%87%95"
    title: "陈丹燕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Danyan"
    title: "Chen Danyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Данјан Чен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248821"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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