# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frigyes-karinthy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:44:17.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frigyes-karinthy"
name: "Frigyes Karinthy"
slug: "frigyes-karinthy"
description: "Frigyes Karinthy was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains (Láncszemek). Karinthy remains one of the most popular Hungarian writers. He was the brother of artist Ada Karinthy and the father of poet Gábor Karinthy and writer Ferenc Karinthy."
tagline: "Hungarian writer (1887–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karinthy_Frigyes_c_1930.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1887-06-25"
deathDate: "1938-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.052884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439366/"
    handle:    "nm0439366"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump