# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-mittelholzer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:18:01.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-mittelholzer"
name: "Edgar Mittelholzer"
slug: "edgar-mittelholzer"
description: "Edgar Austin Mittelholzer was a Guyanese novelist. He is the earliest professional novelist from the English-speaking Caribbean. He was able to develop a readership in Europe and North America, as well as the Caribbean; and established himself in London, where he lived almost exclusively by writing fiction. He was considered in 1979 as \"the most prolific novelist to be produced by the Caribbean\"."
tagline: "Guyanese writer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Edgar_Mittelholzer_%281909%E2%80%931965%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-12-16"
deathDate: "1965-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.52
  momentum:             6.092782318406814
  historical:           5.692334666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mittelholzer"
    title: "Edgar Mittelholzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%B1"
    title: "ادجار ميتلهولزر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mittelholzer"
    title: "Edgar Mittelholzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Едгар Міттельгольцер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Mittelholzer"
    title: "Edgar Mittelholzer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Миттельхольцер, Эдгар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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