# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colum-mccann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:25:07.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colum-mccann"
name: "Colum McCann"
slug: "colum-mccann"
description: "Colum McCann is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and currently resides in New York. Awards he has won include the U.S. National Book Award and the International Dublin Literary Award, and his work has been published in over 40 languages as well as being published in many American and international publications. He also is the co-founder and president of Narrative 4, an international empathy education nonprofit."
tagline: "Irish writer and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colum_McCann_Speaking2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1965-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.colummccann.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump