# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-r-knechtges
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:55:22.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-r-knechtges"
name: "David R. Knechtges"
slug: "david-r-knechtges"
description: "David Richard Knechtges is an American sinologist and professor emeritus of Chinese literature at the University of Washington. An expert on Han dynasty and Six dynasties period literature, Knechtges' studies of Chinese fu poetry are largely responsible for the revival of Western academic interest in the subject, a major genre which had become largely neglected until the mid-20th century."
tagline: "American sinologist (born 1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_R._Knechtges_2011.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.79
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  historical:           5.680922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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    url:       "https://asian.washington.edu/people/david-r-knechtges"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump