# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gauri-lankesh
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:27:40.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gauri-lankesh"
name: "Gauri Lankesh"
slug: "gauri-lankesh"
description: "Gauri Lankesh was an Indian activist and journalist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh, and ran her own weekly called Gauri Lankesh Patrike. She was murdered outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on 5 September 2017. At the time of her death, Gauri was known for being a critic of right-wing Hindu extremism. She was honoured with the Anna Politkovskaya Award for speaking against right-wing Hindu extremism, campaigning for women's rights and opposing caste-based discrimination."
tagline: "Indian Kannada-language journalist-activist (1962-2017)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1962-01-29"
deathDate: "2017-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump