# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/espen-s-bye
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:51:46.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/espen-s-bye"
name: "Espen Søbye"
slug: "espen-s-bye"
description: "Pål Espen Søbye is a Norwegian author and literary critic. He has a Mag.art. degree in philosophy, and was formerly employed at Statistics Norway in Oslo. He was named literary critic of the year in 2006 by the Norwegian Critics' Association."
tagline: "Norwegian writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.92
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.468718666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "اسپن سوبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_S%C3%B8bye"
    title: "Espen Søbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_S%C3%B8bye"
    title: "Espen Søbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikiquote.org/wiki/Espen_S%C3%B8bye"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_S%C3%B8bye"
    title: "Espen Søbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_S%C3%B8bye"
    title: "Espen Søbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368090"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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