# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dariush-shayegan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:15:34.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dariush-shayegan"
name: "Dariush Shayegan"
slug: "dariush-shayegan"
description: "Dariush Shayegan was one of the most consequential thinkers of contemporary Iran and the Near East."
tagline: "Iranian writer, Indologist, philosopher and poet (1935–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dariush_Shayegan_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1935-01-24"
deathDate: "2018-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump