# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erskine-caldwell
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:59:47.361Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/erskine-caldwell"
name: "Erskine Caldwell"
slug: "erskine-caldwell"
description: "Erskine Preston Caldwell was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933), won him critical acclaim."
tagline: "American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, essayist (1903–1987)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1903-12-17"
deathDate: "1987-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump