# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ishmael-reed
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:20.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ishmael-reed"
name: "Ishmael Reed"
slug: "ishmael-reed"
description: "Ishmael Scott Reed is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture. Perhaps his best-known work is Mumbo Jumbo (1972), a sprawling and unorthodox novel set in 1920s New York. Reed's work represents neglected African and African-American perspectives."
tagline: "American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ishmael_reed_8635.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.78276666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "officialishmaelreed"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715460/"
    handle:    "nm0715460"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ishmaelreed.org"
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    title: "ኢሽሜል ሪድ"
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    title: "Ishmael Reed"
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    title: "イシュマエル・リード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump