# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-maria-merino
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:41:35.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-maria-merino"
name: "José María Merino"
slug: "jose-maria-merino"
description: "José María Merino is a Spanish novelist born in A Coruña, Galicia on 5 March 1941. He is the father of two daughters, María and Ana, both of them university professors. He lived for several years in León and currently lives in Madrid. Best known for his novels and short stories, he is also a poet and a travel writer."
tagline: "Spanish writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Merino_Foto_Ant%C3%B3n_Diez.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-03-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.17127733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580830/"
    handle:    "nm0580830"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Хосе Мария Мерино"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José María Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José María Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Merino"
    title: "José María Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Merino"
    title: "José María Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Merino"
    title: "José María Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José María Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BD%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%A5_%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1_%D5%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B8"
    title: "Խոսե Մարիա Մերինո"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Merino_S%C3%A1nchez"
    title: "José María Merino Sánchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Мерино, Хосе Мария"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Merino"
    title: "José María Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3328424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1953817"
    title: "José María Merino"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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