# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-bergelson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:24:20.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-bergelson"
name: "David Bergelson"
slug: "david-bergelson"
description: "David Bergelson was a Yiddish language writer born in the Russian Empire. He lived for a time in Berlin, Germany, before moving to the Soviet Union following the Nazi rise to power in Germany. He was a victim of the post-war antisemitic \"rootless cosmopolitan\" campaign and one of those executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets."
tagline: "Russian playwright and writer (1884-1952)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1884-08-12"
deathDate: "1952-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.283582089552239
  historical:           14.50191066666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump