# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-edgar-wideman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:05:07.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-edgar-wideman"
name: "John Edgar Wideman"
slug: "john-edgar-wideman"
description: "John Edgar Wideman is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus on the African-American experience."
tagline: "American fiction writer, memoirist, essayist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Edgar_Wideman_(1963).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           9.255872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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