# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-upward
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:50:22.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-upward"
name: "Edward Upward"
slug: "edward-upward"
description: "Edward Falaise Upward, FRSL was a British novelist and short story writer who, prior to his death, was believed to be the UK's oldest living author. Initially gaining recognition amongst the Auden Group as a highly imaginative surrealist writer, in the 1930s he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain, after which his writing shifted towards Marxist realism. His literary career spanned over eighty years."
tagline: "British writer (1903–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Upward.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-09-09"
deathDate: "2009-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.07
  momentum:             1.393130201402828
  historical:           5.749461333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Upward"
    title: "Edward Upward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ادوارد وپوارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Upward"
    title: "Edward Upward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%86%CF%80%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84"
    title: "Έντουαρντ Άπγουορντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Upward"
    title: "Edward Upward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Upward"
    title: "Edward Upward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Upward"
    title: "Edward Upward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q731146"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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