# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grizel-niven
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:34:57.920Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grizel-niven"
name: "Grizel Niven"
slug: "grizel-niven"
description: "Grizel Rosemary Graham Niven was a British sculptor. She created the figurine presented to the winner of the annual Women's Prize for Fiction, formerly the Orange Prize for Fiction, since its inception in 1996. Known as \"The Bessie\", the trophy is cast each year with a different mixture of bronze, making each award unique."
tagline: "British sculptor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Grizel_Niven.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1906-11-28"
deathDate: "2007-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.84
  momentum:             9.60163652024117
  historical:           2.414184
  currentAttention:     45.26748971193415
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  66
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizel_Niven"
    title: "Grizel Niven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizel_Niven"
    title: "Grizel Niven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23071315"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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