# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-weiner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:16:35.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-weiner"
name: "Eric Weiner"
slug: "eric-weiner"
description: "Eric Weiner is an American author and public speaker. He is best known for The Geography of Bliss, Man Seeks God, The Geography of Genius and The Socrates Express. Weiner's books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is a former foreign correspondent for NPR and the author of articles for travel and culture. He spent a decade overseas for NPR, based in New Delhi, Jerusalem and Tokyo."
tagline: "Journalist and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2016_National_Book_Festival_Arthors_14.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.35
  momentum:             4.285218598195698
  historical:           4.624804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "إريك وينر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ерик Уайнър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Weiner"
    title: "Eric Weiner"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Weiner"
    title: "Eric Weiner"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909128"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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