# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-de-la-varende
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:50:22.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-de-la-varende"
name: "Jean de La Varende"
slug: "jean-de-la-varende"
description: "Jean de La Varende was a French writer. He wrote novels, short stories, biographies and monographs, in particular on the subject of Normandy. He initially tried to become a naval officer like his father, but gave up because of his weak heart. He was elected into the Académie Goncourt in 1942."
tagline: "French writer (1887-1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J._de_La_Varende.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1887-05-24"
deathDate: "1959-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.84
  momentum:             0.9132103389281918
  historical:           8.570341333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جان دي لافاروند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان دى لافاروند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean de La Varende"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Varende"
    title: "Jean de La Varende"
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    title: "ژان دو لا واراند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_La_Varende"
    title: "Jean de La Varende"
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    title: "ژان دو لا وارند"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump