# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hedwig-gorski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:58:21.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hedwig-gorski"
name: "Hedwig Gorski"
slug: "hedwig-gorski"
description: "Hedwig Irene Gorski is an American performance poet and an avant-garde artist who labels her aesthetic as \"American futurism.\" The term \"performance poetry,\" a precursor to slam poetry, is attributed to her. It originated in press releases for experimental spoken word and conceptual theater Gorski created during 1979. She is a first-generation Polish American academic scholar and accomplished creative writer. The innovative poetry, prose, drama, and audio works are published and produced in a variety of media using standard and experimental forms."
tagline: "American poet and performance artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hedwig_Gorski_2009_Carencro_Louisiana.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474010666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4871417/"
    handle:    "nm4871417"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_Gorski"
    title: "Hedwig Gorski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%BA_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "هيدويغ غورسكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%82_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "هدیویق قورسکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A3_%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%AB"
    title: "Հեդվիգ Գորսկի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%AF_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "هدویگ گورسکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_Gorski"
    title: "Hedwig Gorski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3129340"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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