# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diana-ferrus
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:34:23.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/diana-ferrus"
name: "Diana Ferrus"
slug: "diana-ferrus"
description: "Diana Ferrus was a South African writer and storyteller of mixed Khoisan and slave ancestry. Her work was published in Afrikaans and English. Ferrus led writing workshops in Cape Town whilst working as an administrator at the University of the Western Cape."
tagline: "South African writer and storyteller (1953-2026)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-08-29"
deathDate: "2026-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.947013333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ferrus"
    title: "Diana Ferrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ferrus"
    title: "Diana Ferrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ferrus"
    title: "Diana Ferrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ferrus"
    title: "Diana Ferrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ferrus"
    title: "Diana Ferrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ferrus"
    title: "Diana Ferrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ferrus"
    title: "Diana Ferrus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1208814"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump