# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-matzal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:46:11.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-matzal"
name: "Jan Matzal"
slug: "jan-matzal"
description: "Jan Matzal, known under pen names J. M. Troska and Jan Merfort, was a Czech writer."
tagline: "Czech writer (1881–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J.M.Troska_(1881-1961).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1881-08-03"
deathDate: "1961-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.802088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Troska"
    title: "J. M. Troska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Troska"
    title: "J. M. Troska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Matzal_Troska"
    title: "Jan Matzal Troska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Matzal_Troska"
    title: "Jan Matzal Troska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Ян Матзал Троска"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6149478"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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