# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edith-eger
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:20:35.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edith-eger"
name: "Edith Eger"
slug: "edith-eger"
description: "Edith Eva Eger was a Hungarian and American psychologist, specialist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, and Holocaust survivor. Her memoir entitled The Choice: Embrace the Possible, published in 2017, became an international bestseller. Her second book, titled The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life was published in September 2020."
tagline: "Hungarian-American clinical psychologist and Holocaust survivor (1927–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WHM_Edith_Eger_(7701795).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-09-29"
deathDate: "2026-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.93268933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm9809991"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump