# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-yau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:11:19.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-yau"
name: "John Yau"
slug: "john-yau"
description: "John Yau is an American poet and critic who lives in New York City. He received his B.A. from Bard College in 1972 and his M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1978. He has published over 50 books of poetry, artists' books, fiction, and art criticism."
tagline: "American poet (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gloria_Graham_John_Yau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-06-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.479266666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yau"
    title: "John Yau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "جون ياو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yau"
    title: "John Yau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Yau"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yau"
    title: "John Yau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yau"
    title: "John Yau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702239"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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