# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdynand-goetel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:59:09.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdynand-goetel"
name: "Ferdynand Goetel"
slug: "ferdynand-goetel"
description: "Ferdynand Goetel was a Polish novelist, playwright, essayist, screen writer, and political activist. He was a member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature from 1935, president of the Polish PEN Club from 1926–33, and president of the Union of Polish Writers in the interwar Poland. He achieved prominence in Polish literary circles between the wars and was awarded the \"Golden Laurel\" by the Polish Academy of Literature for his contributions to Polish literature. He was forced to leave Poland after World War II due to his involvement in the German investigation of the Katyn massacre and died in exile in London."
tagline: "Writer (1890-1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ferdynand_Goetel_(1936).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1890-05-15"
deathDate: "1960-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.03
  momentum:             0.7741935483870969
  historical:           6.156697333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0995956/"
    handle:    "nm0995956"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdynand_Goetel"
    title: "Ferdynand Goetel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdynand_Goetel"
    title: "Ferdynand Goetel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB"
    title: "Φερντίναντ Γκέτελ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdynand_Goetel"
    title: "Ferdynand Goetel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdynand_Goetel"
    title: "Ferdynand Goetel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdynand_Goetel"
    title: "Ferdynand Goetel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3848170"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1137949"
    title: "Ferdynand Goetel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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