# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-courlander
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:49:51.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-courlander"
name: "Harold Courlander"
slug: "harold-courlander"
description: "Harold Courlander was an American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist and an expert in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American, and Native American cultures. He took a special interest in oral literature, cults, and Afro-American cultural connections with Africa."
tagline: "American anthropologist (1908-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Courlander1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1908-09-18"
deathDate: "1996-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.232081911262799
  historical:           9.245036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump