# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harlan-ellison
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:35:18.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harlan-ellison"
name: "Harlan Ellison"
slug: "harlan-ellison"
description: "Harlan Jay Ellison was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic-book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media."
tagline: "American writer (1934–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harlan_Ellison_at_the_LA_Press_Club_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1934-05-27"
deathDate: "2018-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    url:       "https://harlanellison.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump