# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-claude-van-itallie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:42:25.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-claude-van-itallie"
name: "Jean-Claude van Itallie"
slug: "jean-claude-van-itallie"
description: "Jean-Claude van Itallie was a Belgian-born American playwright, performer, and theatre workshop teacher. He is best known for his 1966 anti-Vietnam War play America Hurrah; The Serpent, an ensemble play he wrote with Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre; his theatrical adaptation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead; and his translations of Anton Chekhov's plays."
tagline: "Belgian-born American playwright"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-05-25"
deathDate: "2021-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.013248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ژاں کلاڈ وین اٹالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "چيان كلود ڤان ايتالى"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_van_Itallie"
    title: "Jean-Claude van Itallie"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_van_Itallie"
    title: "Jean-Claude van Itallie"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ژان کلود وان ایتالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_van_Itallie"
    title: "Jean-Claude van Itallie"
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    title: "진클로드 반 이탤리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_van_Itallie"
    title: "Jean-Claude van Itallie"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1684789"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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