# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dietrich-schwanitz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:46:40.117Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dietrich-schwanitz"
name: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
slug: "dietrich-schwanitz"
description: "Dietrich Schwanitz was a German writer and literary scholar. He became known to larger audiences after publishing the bestselling campus novel Der Campus in 1995."
tagline: "German writer (1940-2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-04-23"
deathDate: "2004-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.52
  momentum:             8.023255813953488
  historical:           9.965013333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777096/"
    handle:    "nm0777096"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
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    title: "ديتريش شوانيتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Schwanitz"
    title: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Schwanitz"
    title: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Schwanitz"
    title: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Schwanitz"
    title: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
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  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Schwanitz"
    title: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dietrich_Schwanitz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dietrich_Schwanitz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/90ff62b1-9a55-473e-a940-5e9ff15dda8b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77862"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58298"
    title: "Dietrich Schwanitz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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