# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-wolkers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:44:48.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-wolkers"
name: "Jan Wolkers"
slug: "jan-wolkers"
description: "Jan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the \"Great Four\" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, alongside Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve."
tagline: "Dutch sculptor and writer (1925–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Wolkers-portrait.jpg?width=1200"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-10-26"
deathDate: "2007-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump