# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/douglas-coupland
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:31:00.671Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/douglas-coupland"
name: "Douglas Coupland"
slug: "douglas-coupland"
description: "Douglas Coupland is a Canadian visual artist and writer. Trained originally as a sculptor, Coupland found unexpected success as a novelist with the publication of his 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which popularized the terms Generation X and McJob. He has since gone on to publish dozens of books, including novels, short story collections, and essay collections. He has also worked as a columnist and contributor for a number of periodicals, including the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian, and Wired Magazine."
tagline: "Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and graphic designer (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Douglas_Coupland.2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1961-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           23.21366
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "DougCoupland"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump