# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/geert-van-istendael
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:27:46.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/geert-van-istendael"
name: "Geert van Istendael"
slug: "geert-van-istendael"
description: "Geert van Istendael is the pseudonym of Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael, a Belgian writer, poet and essayist. He studied sociology and philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. From 1987 until 1993, he worked as a journalist for the Belgian National Television and since 1993 he became a full-time writer. He is a brother of Frans Vanistendael. He is a supporter of Orangism and a Pan-Netherlands."
tagline: "Belgian writer (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geert_van_Istendael_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-03-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.38
  momentum:             1.516393442622951
  historical:           9.010116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887265/"
    handle:    "nm0887265"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جيرت ڤان ايستيندايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_van_Istendael"
    title: "Geert van Istendael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_van_Istendael"
    title: "Geert van Istendael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_van_Istendael"
    title: "Geert van Istendael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_van_Istendael"
    title: "Geert van Istendael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_van_Istendael"
    title: "Geert van Istendael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_van_Istendael"
    title: "Geert van Istendael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_van_Istendael"
    title: "Geert van Istendael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Geert_van_Istendael"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e43851b1-bf49-492c-9fba-98f878388388"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2522725"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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