# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joao-ubaldo-ribeiro
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:57:58.002Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/joao-ubaldo-ribeiro"
name: "João Ubaldo Ribeiro"
slug: "joao-ubaldo-ribeiro"
description: "João Ubaldo Ribeiro was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Ribeiro was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, being elected in 1994. At the time of his death many considered him to be Brazil's greatest contemporary novelist."
tagline: "Brazilian author (1941-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joao_Ubaldo_Ribeiro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "BR"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-01-23"
deathDate: "2014-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             12.71613889913018
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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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