# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/damon-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:59:24.919Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/damon-knight"
name: "Damon Knight"
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description: "Damon Francis Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He wrote \"To Serve Man\", a 1950 short story adapted for The Twilight Zone. He was married to fellow writer Kate Wilhelm in 1963."
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birthDate: "1922-09-19"
deathDate: "2002-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump