# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jurek-becker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:19:19.961Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jurek-becker"
name: "Jurek Becker"
slug: "jurek-becker"
description: "Jurek Becker was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. He lived in Łódź during World War II for about two years and survived the Holocaust."
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birthDate: "1937-09-30"
deathDate: "1997-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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