# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-mattera
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:54.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-mattera"
name: "Don Mattera"
slug: "don-mattera"
description: "Donato Francisco Mattera, better known as Don Mattera, was a South African poet and author."
tagline: "South African poet and author (1935–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Mattera_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-11-30"
deathDate: "2022-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.36
  momentum:             10.13840830449827
  historical:           6.810548
  currentAttention:     30.76923076923077
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mattera"
    title: "Don Mattera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mattera"
    title: "Don Mattera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "دون ماتيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mattera"
    title: "Don Mattera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mattera"
    title: "Don Mattera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1"
    title: "Դոնատո Մատերա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Маттера, Дон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mattera"
    title: "Don Mattera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1239293"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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