# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/istvan-orkeny
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:30.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/istvan-orkeny"
name: "István Örkény"
slug: "istvan-orkeny"
description: "István György Örkény was a Hungarian writer whose plays and novels often featured grotesque situations. He was a recipient of the Kossuth Prize in 1973."
tagline: "Hungarian writer (1912–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%96rk%C3%A9ny_Istv%C3%A1n_1974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1912-04-05"
deathDate: "1979-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.65
  momentum:             3.982300884955752
  historical:           21.28412666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "외르케니 이슈트반"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56297"
    title: "István Örkény"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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