# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chinu-modi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:41:48.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chinu-modi"
name: "Chinu Modi"
slug: "chinu-modi"
description: "Chinu Modi, also known by his pen name Irshad, was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short story writer and critic from Gujarat, India. Educated in languages, he taught at various institutions and established himself as a poet and author. He was a recipient of several awards including Sahitya Akademi Award, Vali Gujarati Award and Narsinh Mehta Award."
tagline: "Gujarati-language poet and writer from India"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chinu_Modi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-09-30"
deathDate: "2017-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.070698666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%81_%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%80"
    title: "ચિનુ મોદી"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinu_Modi"
    title: "Chinu Modi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinu_Modi"
    title: "Chinu Modi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinu_Modi"
    title: "Chinu Modi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80"
    title: "चिनु मोदी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%82_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80"
    title: "ਚਿਨੂ ਮੋਦੀ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2747716"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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