# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/humberto-ak-ab-al
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:23:29.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/humberto-ak-ab-al"
name: "Humberto Ak'ab'al"
slug: "humberto-ak-ab-al"
description: "Humberto Akʼabal, also Akʼabʼal or Akabal, was a Kʼicheʼ Maya poet from Guatemala. Akʼabʼal wrote in his native language of Kʼicheʼ, and then translated his poetry into Spanish. With the translations of his works into numerous languages and international recognition, Akʼabʼal is considered to be \"the most renowned Maya K'icheʼ poet\" in the world and one of the best known Guatemalan writers in Europe and Latin America."
tagline: "Guatemalan poet (1952–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Humberto-akabal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-10-31"
deathDate: "2019-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.24
  momentum:             6.322869955156949
  historical:           7.907490666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.akabal.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Ak'ab'al"
    title: "Humberto Ak'ab'al"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Akabal"
    title: "Humberto Akabal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Ak'ab'al"
    title: "Humberto Ak'ab'al"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Ak%E2%80%99abal"
    title: "Humberto Ak’abal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Ak%CA%BCabal"
    title: "Humberto Akʼabal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Ak'abal"
    title: "Humberto Ak'abal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Ak%E2%80%99ab%E2%80%99al"
    title: "Humberto Ak’ab’al"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Akabal"
    title: "Humberto Akabal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Акабаль, Умберто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3364231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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