# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cordwainer-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:16:10.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cordwainer-smith"
name: "Cordwainer Smith"
slug: "cordwainer-smith"
description: "Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author of science fiction. He was an officer in the US Army, a noted scholar of East Asia, and an expert in psychological warfare. He was one of science fiction's more influential authors despite his relatively limited output and his early death at the age of 53."
tagline: "American author (1913–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cordwainer-Smith_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-07-11"
deathDate: "1966-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump