# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-claude-izzo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:35:39.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-claude-izzo"
name: "Jean-Claude Izzo"
slug: "jean-claude-izzo"
description: "Jean-Claude Izzo was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who achieved sudden fame in the mid-1990s with the publication of his three neo-noir crime novels Total Chaos, Chourmo, and Solea, featuring as protagonist ex-cop Fabio Montale, and set in the author's native city of Marseille. All have been translated into English by Howard Curtis."
tagline: "French writer (1945-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Claude_Izzo-FIG_1997.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1945-06-20"
deathDate: "2000-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.3
  momentum:             8.344526271606822
  historical:           14.37135466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412867/"
    handle:    "nm0412867"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump