# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-markson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:16:09.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-markson"
name: "David Markson"
slug: "david-markson"
description: "David Merrill Markson was an American novelist. He was the author of several postmodern novels, including Springer's Progress, Wittgenstein's Mistress, Reader's Block and This Is Not a Novel. His final book, The Last Novel, published in 2007, was called \"a real tour de force\" by The New York Times."
tagline: "American writer (1927-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_markson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-12-20"
deathDate: "2010-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           10.98412933333333
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0548994"
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    title: "David Markson"
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    title: "David Markson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump