# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-elliott-clarke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:55:39.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-elliott-clarke"
name: "George Elliott Clarke"
slug: "george-elliott-clarke"
description: "George Elliott Clarke is a Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic who served as the Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2012 to 2015 and as the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2016–2017. Clarke's work addresses the experiences and history of the Black Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating a cultural geography coined \"Africadia.\""
tagline: "Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A_passionate_George_Elliot_Clarke_recites_poetry_2015_07_09_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-02-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.220412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164774/"
    handle:    "nm0164774"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.georgeelliottclarke.net/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "جورج إليوت كلارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Elliott Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Elliott_Clarke"
    title: "George Elliott Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Elliott_Clarke"
    title: "George Elliott Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Elliott_Clarke"
    title: "George Elliott Clarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Джордж Елліотт Кларк"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump