# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herman-wildenvey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:17:50.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herman-wildenvey"
name: "Herman Wildenvey"
slug: "herman-wildenvey"
description: "Herman Wildenvey, born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. During his lifetime he published 44 books of his own poetry, in addition to translations of William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, and Heinrich Heine. He was married to the novelist Gisken Wildenvey."
tagline: "Norwegian poet and translator (1885–1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrett_av_forfatteren_Herman_Wildenvey_-_no-nb_digifoto_20160309_00148_blds_02078.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1885-07-20"
deathDate: "1959-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.607452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump