# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunter-kunert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:43:28.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunter-kunert"
name: "Günter Kunert"
slug: "gunter-kunert"
description: "Günter Kunert was a German writer. Based in East Berlin, he published poetry from 1947, supported by Bertolt Brecht. After he had signed a petition against the deprivation of the citizenship of Wolf Biermann in 1976, he lost his SED membership, and moved to the West two years later. He is regarded as a versatile German writer who wrote short stories, essays, autobiographical works, film scripts and novels. He received international honorary doctorates and awards."
tagline: "German writer (1929-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G%C3%BCnter_Kunert_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-03-06"
deathDate: "2019-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.435897435897436
  historical:           21.77260933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475104/"
    handle:    "nm0475104"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump