# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-kesten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:15:06.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-kesten"
name: "Hermann Kesten"
slug: "hermann-kesten"
description: "Hermann Kesten was a German novelist and dramatist. He was one of the principal literary figures of the New Objectivity movement in 1920s Germany."
tagline: "German writer (1900–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann_Kesten-Riwkin-1935.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1900-01-28"
deathDate: "1996-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.02222222222222222
  historical:           16.448708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.kesten.de/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump