# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/igor-mel-cuk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:11:59.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/igor-mel-cuk"
name: "Igor Mel'čuk"
slug: "igor-mel-cuk"
description: "Igor Aleksandrovič Mel'čuk is a Soviet and Canadian linguist, a retired professor at the Department of Linguistics and Translation, Université de Montréal."
tagline: "Russian-Canadian linguist and translation scholar"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Igor_Mel'cuc.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.29013866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.olst.umontreal.ca/melcuk/"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايجور ميلكوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ігар Мяльчук"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Игор Мелчук"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Igor Alexandrowitsch Meltschuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Igor Mel'čuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Igor Melchuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Mel'%C4%8Duk"
    title: "Igor Mel'čuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Mel'%C4%8Duk"
    title: "Igor Mel'čuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Igor Mielczuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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